The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London reported income of £8.1m and spending of £7.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £8.1m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Province of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) (£7.7m), Christ Embassy (£9.2m) and International Students House (£7.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 66%, charitable activities 17% and donations and legacies 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £90k. Charitable activities took 33% of spending and raising funds 67%. Grants to other organisations totalled £14k. It employed 110 people.