The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Backwell

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Backwell is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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 Backwell reported income of £116k and spending of £174k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £110k to £116k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Backwell 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 Cambridge Muslim Welfare Society (£116k), Kingdom Palace Outreach (£116k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Laurence, Northfield Birmingham (£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.