The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Deane, Bolton

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Deane, Bolton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 Mary the Virgin, Deane, Bolton reported income of £180k and spending of £186k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £175k to £180k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Deane, Bolton sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Armenian Information and Advice (£179k), Audrey Earle Charitable Trust (£180k) and The Sanghera Foundation (£179k).

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.