The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Rochester Diocese

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Rochester Diocese is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. 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 2023, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Rochester Diocese reported income of £22k and spending of £55k, spending 250% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from £33k to £22k (-33%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 159% 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 St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Rochester Diocese sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charge Ministries (£22k), The Shirley Community Chaplaincy (North-East) (£22k) and Tiverton Senior Citizens' Association (£22k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.