The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James the Less, Westminster

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James the Less, Westminster is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James the Less, Westminster reported income of £176k and spending of £192k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £131k to £176k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 St James the Less, Westminster sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Harvest Church (London) (£176k), All Nations Charitable Trust (£176k) and Aigburth Community Church (£176k).

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.