The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Sepulchre Cambridge

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Sepulchre Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. 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 individuals, 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 Holy Sepulchre Cambridge reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.3m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Holy Sepulchre Cambridge sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masorti Judaism (£1.3m), The Royal School of Church Music (£1.3m) and House on the Rock (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86%, charitable activities 12% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,444. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.

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.