The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell reported income of £249k and spending of £300k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £464k to £249k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colwall Community Church (£246k), Upton Baptist Church, Chester (£250k) and St John Coptic Orthodox Church (£245k).