The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Baldock. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 St Mary the Virgin, Baldock reported income of £169k and spending of £193k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £125k to £169k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wat Sriratanaram (£168k), Friends of Conakry Refugee School (£169k) and Opening Your Heart to Bhutan (£167k).

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.