The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lower Wharfe

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lower Wharfe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wetherby. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lower Wharfe reported income of £174k and spending of £168k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £133k to £174k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lower Wharfe sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Capstone Investment Advisors Foundation UK (£174k), Grumpy Givers (£174k) and The Nesbitt-Cleland Trust (£174k).