The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew and St Nathanael, Bristol
Analysis
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew and St Nathanael, Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 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, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew and St Nathanael, Bristol reported income of £261k and spending of £246k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £336k to £261k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 St Matthew and St Nathanael, Bristol sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Saviour's Sunbury (£261k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher, Hanwell (£261k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Good Shepherd with St Peter, Lee (£260k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
St Matthew's benefits the local and wider community by providing Christian religious worship services, providing resources for moral and intellectual development, enabling Christians to give support to their local community, allowing third party organisations to use church buildings & facilities, by providing weddings, funerals & baptisms, and by providing a place for prayer and support.