The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Gosforth St Nicholas

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Gosforth St Nicholas is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Gosforth St Nicholas reported income of £140k and spending of £223k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £128k to £140k (+8.9%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Gosforth St Nicholas sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Derby, St Mary (£140k), Mission in the Economy (£140k) and Leominster Baptist Church (£140k).

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.