The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas Winchelsea

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas Winchelsea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas Winchelsea reported income of £155k and spending of £158k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £96k to £155k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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 Thomas Winchelsea sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The 6:8 Trust (£155k), Support for Wigan Arrivals Project (£155k) and Novi Most International (£155k).