The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael Le Belfrey with St Cuthbert, York

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael Le Belfrey with St Cuthbert, York is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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 Michael Le Belfrey with St Cuthbert, York reported income of £2.7m and spending of £5.5m, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £903k to £2.7m (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael Le Belfrey with St Cuthbert, York sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Daily Bread Ministries Trust (£2.6m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Greyfriars Reading (£2.7m) and North Church UK (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 48%, charitable activities 47%, investments 3.5% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £148k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £346k. Reserves of £165k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.