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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1133968KentReligion
Income£66k2025-12-31
Spending£90ksame year
Spent / received164%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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 Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent reported income of £66k and spending of £90k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £69k to £66k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 164% 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 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust Property Held in Connexion with the Prudhoe Street Mission (£66k), Amoghasiddhi Buddhist Centre (£66k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Luton St Anne with St Christopher (£66k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£38k£75k£113k£150k2021 Income: £69,0882021 Spending: £150,23120212022 Income: £74,2032022 Spending: £126,09820222023 Income: £76,8202023 Spending: £116,94520232024 Income: £64,8022024 Spending: £92,88620242025 Income: £66,0732025 Spending: £90,3882025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

St Mary's Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of co-operating with the Vicar to promote, in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic,social and ecumenical. It is responsible for the maintenance of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Leigh, the attached Genner Rooms and surrounding churchyard.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Trust Property Held in Connexion with the Prudhoe Street MissionNewcastle upon Tyne£66k
Amoghasiddhi Buddhist CentreAttleborough£66k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Luton St Anne with St ChristopherLuton£66k
Christ Church HouseTeddington£66k