The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George the Martyr, Shirley

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George the Martyr, Shirley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations, 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 George the Martyr, Shirley reported income of £122k and spending of £148k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £122k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George the Martyr, Shirley sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hercules Foundation (£122k), Pawnbrokers Charitable Institution (£122k) and The Parochial Church Council of St Georges Church Freezywater (£121k).

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.