The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Upton (Overchurch)

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Upton (Overchurch) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Upton (Overchurch) reported income of £539k and spending of £689k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £515k to £539k (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Upton (Overchurch) sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swansea Mosque and Islamic Community Centre (£539k), Barnabas Community Church (£539k) and Riverside Advice Ltd (£539k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, charitable activities 23% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £11k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £88k. Reserves of £133k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

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.