The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid's Harrogate

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid's Harrogate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid's Harrogate reported income of £251k and spending of £282k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £169k to £251k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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 St Wilfrid's Harrogate sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Trinity Methodist Church Woking (£251k), Rectorial Benefice of Cowbridge Parochial Church Council (£251k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's, Stoke Newington (£250k).

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.