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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin Bury

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1133863LancashireReligion
Income£395k2025-12-31
Spending£271ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin Bury is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. 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 Saint Mary the Virgin Bury reported income of £395k and spending of £271k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £202k to £395k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Saint Mary the Virgin Bury sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastwood Provincial Estates Limited (£395k), Peterborough Muslim Education Trust (£395k) and Sizewell Hall Limited (£395k).

Income and spending

£0£99k£197k£296k£395k2021 Income: £201,8262021 Spending: £184,01620212022 Income: £387,6062022 Spending: £265,74220222023 Income: £303,8612023 Spending: £350,05520232024 Income: £260,3632024 Spending: £266,32920242025 Income: £394,6952025 Spending: £271,1122025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Our church stands in the centre of Bury and has 477 parishioners on the Electoral Roll, in addition we have approx. 100 - 150 children and young people. We are continually working to reach out to the people of Bury,sending a Christian message but also ministering to all who are in any kind of need from any or no faith. Our work is across all generations.

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CharityLocationIncome
Eastwood Provincial Estates LimitedGateshead£395k
Peterborough Muslim Education TrustPeterborough£395k
Sizewell Hall LimitedLeiston£395k
Ripon and Lower Dales CircuitRipon£395k