The Parochial Church Council of St Philip's, Dorridge with St James', Bentley Heath in the Benefice of Dorridge and Bentley Heath

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of St Philip's, Dorridge with St James', Bentley Heath in the Benefice of Dorridge and Bentley Heath is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of St Philip's, Dorridge with St James', Bentley Heath in the Benefice of Dorridge and Bentley Heath reported income of £567k and spending of £419k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £435k to £567k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 172% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of St Philip's, Dorridge with St James', Bentley Heath in the Benefice of Dorridge and Bentley Heath sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanharan Community Development Project Ltd (£567k), Boxing Futures Ltd (£567k) and ForRefugees (£567k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, trading 11%, charitable activities 6.4% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £155k. Reserves of £80k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.