The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Oswald, King and Martyr, Oswestry

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Oswald, King and Martyr, Oswestry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in December 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 St Oswald, King and Martyr, Oswestry reported income of £167k and spending of £176k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £164k to £167k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Oswald, King and Martyr, Oswestry sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett (£167k), Pantygwydr Baptist Church Swansea (£167k) and Newbury Baptist Church (£167k).