The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Wollaston

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Wollaston is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in January 2010, 16 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 James, Wollaston reported income of £94k and spending of £120k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £101k to £94k (-6.7%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 James, Wollaston sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great House Revival Ministries (£94k), Ministry of Christian Life Church (£94k) and Oaks Community Church (£94k).

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.