The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Merton

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Merton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides human resources, 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 Merton reported income of £282k and spending of £289k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £214k to £282k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Mary Merton sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Homestead Charitable Trust (£279k), African Children's Fund Ltd (£283k) and Solihull Christian Fellowship (£277k).

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.