The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Ministry Area of West Cardiff

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Ministry Area of West Cardiff is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Ministry Area of West Cardiff reported income of £544k and spending of £506k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £159k to £544k (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Ministry Area of West Cardiff sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wolverhampton Methodist Circuit (£543k), Wesley Memorial Oxford Methodist Church (£544k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ottery St Mary (£542k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, trading 34%, charitable activities 4.6% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £22k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. It employed 7 people.