Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Charles with St Matthias, Plymouth

Analysis

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Charles with St Matthias, Plymouth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Charles with St Matthias, Plymouth reported income of £272k and spending of £309k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £455k to £272k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Charles with St Matthias, Plymouth sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Redhill (£272k), Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne (£273k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Skipton (£272k).

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.