The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark's, Lache-Cum-Saltney

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark's, Lache-Cum-Saltney is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark's, Lache-Cum-Saltney reported income of £252k and spending of £280k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £243k to £252k (+3.6%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark's, Lache-Cum-Saltney sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Separated Child Foundation (£252k), Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Derby Church (£252k) and Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre (£252k).