The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, St Leonards on Sea

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, St Leonards on Sea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, St Leonards on Sea reported income of £172k and spending of £166k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £96k to £172k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Matthew, St Leonards on Sea sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% 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 Garden City Vineyard, Milton Keynes (£172k), Maidenbower Baptist Church (£172k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Enfield Highway (£172k).