The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Anne's, Shevington, Blackburn

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Anne's, Shevington, Blackburn is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Anne's, Shevington, Blackburn reported income of £116k and spending of £126k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £84k to £116k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Anne's, Shevington, Blackburn sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (£116k), The Shalom Youth Project (£116k) and St Andrews Community Church (£116k).

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.