The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Cross, Felsted

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Cross, Felsted is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunmow. It was registered in October 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 Holy Cross, Felsted reported income of £34k and spending of £82k, spending 243% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £111k to £34k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 Holy Cross, Felsted sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hasland Baptist Church (£34k), Valleys Family Church (£34k) and Bradford Hebrew Congregation (£34k).

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.