Parish of Aberystwyth Parochial Church Council

Analysis

Parish of Aberystwyth Parochial Church Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberystwyth. 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parish of Aberystwyth Parochial Church Council reported income of £554k and spending of £575k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £412k to £554k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Parish of Aberystwyth Parochial Church Council sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Altrincham Baptist Church (£554k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Virginia Water (£555k) and Klal-Chazon Limited (£554k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, investments 13%, charitable activities 3.1% and trading 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £517k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 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.