The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of S. Margaret, Hollinwood & S. Chad, Limeside

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of S. Margaret, Hollinwood & S. Chad, Limeside is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 S. Margaret, Hollinwood & S. Chad, Limeside reported income of £81k and spending of £56k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £475k to £81k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of S. Margaret, Hollinwood & S. Chad, Limeside sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Simcha Chesed Limited (£81k), Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Reading Church (£82k) and Mothers' Union, Diocese of Leeds (£81k).