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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James Hill Sutton Coldfield

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1134793West MidlandsReligion
Income£153k2025-12-31
Spending£211ksame year
Spent / received148%5-year average
Size in its cause72nd pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James Hill Sutton Coldfield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. 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 James Hill Sutton Coldfield reported income of £153k and spending of £211k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £136k to £153k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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 James Hill Sutton Coldfield sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Magnify Collective (£153k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tickhill Saint Mary with Stainton Saint Winifrid (£153k) and Peacehaven Evangelical Free Church (£153k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£106k£212k£317k£423k2021 Income: £135,5132021 Spending: £353,80720212022 Income: £187,3232022 Spending: £260,38520222023 Income: £179,3762023 Spending: £182,84120232024 Income: £315,1272024 Spending: £423,05520242025 Income: £153,1422025 Spending: £211,1382025
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In the charity's own words

St James Church is based in Mere Green Road Sutton Coldfield in the Diocese of Birmingham. It's activities include public worship, pastoral work, teaching Christianity to all ages. It promotes the whole mission of the church through the provision of activities for senior citizens, parents , toddlers, young people and special needs groups. It supports an adjoining church centre and curate's house

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Magnify CollectiveLondon£153k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tickhill Saint Mary with Stainton Saint WinifridSouth Yorkshire£153k
Peacehaven Evangelical Free ChurchPeacehaven£153k
St Luke and St Mark PCC, WinchesterHampshire£153k