The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sawbridgeworth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sawbridgeworth. It was registered in November 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 Sawbridgeworth reported income of £204k and spending of £228k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £112k to £204k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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 Sawbridgeworth sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 Mutley Baptist Church (£204k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Aldersbrook St Gabriel (£204k) and Church at Barking Riverside (£204k).

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.