The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke's

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke's is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in August 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 Luke's reported income of £118k and spending of £193k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £104k to £118k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Luke's sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Midsomer Norton (£118k), Asian Muslim Cultural Association (£118k) and The Parochial Church Council of All Saints Winchester with St Andrew Chilcomb and St Peter Chesil (£117k).

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.