Ditchling Streat and Westmeston PCC

Analysis

Ditchling Streat and Westmeston PCC is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and other charitable purposes, 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, Ditchling Streat and Westmeston PCC reported income of £195k and spending of £216k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £154k to £195k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ditchling Streat and Westmeston PCC sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catshill Baptist Church (£195k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Leonard, Padiham. (£195k) and Christ Church Fareham (£195k).

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.