The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Cheadle

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Cheadle is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheadle. 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 Mary, Cheadle reported income of £775k and spending of £856k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £582k to £775k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Mary, Cheadle sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quba Masjid and Education Centre (£772k), Newport Pagnell Baptist Church (£777k) and Back to Jerusalem UK (£772k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, charitable activities 18% and investments 4.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £14k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £175k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.