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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1139479ClitheroeReligion
Income£134k2025-12-31
Spending£125ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctReligion
Registered2010Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clitheroe. It was registered in December 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 Magdalene, Clitheroe reported income of £134k and spending of £125k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £117k to £134k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Magdalene, Clitheroe sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Religious of Christian Instruction (£134k), Blackheath Jamia Mosque Trust (£134k) and The Morse-Boycott Bursary Fund (£134k).

Income and spending

£0£37k£74k£112k£149k2021 Income: £117,0932021 Spending: £118,42720212022 Income: £125,3052022 Spending: £148,89720222023 Income: £106,0112023 Spending: £109,40020232024 Income: £101,1222024 Spending: £123,36420242025 Income: £134,0132025 Spending: £124,8112025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We worship God and provide opportunities for fellowship. We nurture the musical tradition. We visit the sick and encourage prayer. We provide education in the Christian Faith and through our minister support learning and worship in local schools.We care for the church building. We support the needy at home and abroad. We keep the building open and offer funerals, weddings and baptisms.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Religious of Christian InstructionSherborne£134k
Blackheath Jamia Mosque TrustHalesowen£134k
The Morse-Boycott Bursary FundChichester£134k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Upper Wharfedale & LittondaleSkipton£134k