The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Bolton

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Bolton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Bolton reported income of £202k and spending of £204k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £240k to £202k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Bolton sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Abta Benevolent Fund (£202k), First Air Ambulance Service Trust (Faast) (£203k) and My Cancer My Choices (£202k).

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.