The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Upper Skerne

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Upper Skerne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Upper Skerne reported income of £196k and spending of £233k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £154k to £196k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 the Upper Skerne 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Windlesham (£196k), The Potter's House Christian Fellowship Hounslow (£196k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas and St Nicholas, Bedhampton in the County of Hampshire (£196k).

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.