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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Linton, Diocese of Ely

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1138508CambridgeReligion
Income£124k2025-12-31
Spending£136ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Linton, Diocese of Ely is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 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 the Virgin, Linton, Diocese of Ely reported income of £124k and spending of £136k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £134k to £124k (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 the Virgin, Linton, Diocese of Ely sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homelands Free Church (£124k), Potters Bar United Reformed Church Charity (£124k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Drayton Bassett, Fazeley and Mile Oak (£124k).

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£58k£116k£173k£231k2021 Income: £134,3812021 Spending: £124,72620212022 Income: £140,7582022 Spending: £163,11120222023 Income: £224,2482023 Spending: £231,01320232024 Income: £128,3052024 Spending: £138,74520242025 Income: £124,3962025 Spending: £136,3582025
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Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Conducting church services, voluntary activities within the community, mission, fundraising.

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Homelands Free ChurchWalton on the Naze£124k
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Drayton Bassett, Fazeley and Mile OakTamworth£124k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edburgha YardleyBirmingham£124k