The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edmund's, Southwold

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edmund's, Southwold is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southwold. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it 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 Edmund's, Southwold reported income of £200k and spending of £161k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £152k to £200k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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 Edmund's, Southwold 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 Shrivenham with Watchfield & Bourton (£200k), Glencroft Church (Glen Parva) Trust (£200k) and Christchurch (Methodist/United Reformed) Church (£200k).