The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicolas Guildford

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicolas Guildford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicolas Guildford reported income of £262k and spending of £281k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £182k to £262k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 Nicolas Guildford sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Change for Good Community Chaplaincy Limited (£262k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's, Banbury (£262k) and Calne Baptist Church (£262k).

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.