The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James', Clitheroe

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James', Clitheroe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clitheroe. It was registered in August 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James', Clitheroe reported income of £461k and spending of £395k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £555k to £461k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 James', Clitheroe sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Kupat Hakahal Kirhyat Sefer (£460k), Toiv Umeitiv (£461k) and Doncaster Housing for Young People Ltd (£460k).