The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Henham

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Henham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in January 2011, 15 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 Mary the Virgin, Henham reported income of £93k and spending of £215k, spending 233% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £103k to £93k (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2194%. Over the whole period it spent 23% 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, Henham sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Portsmouth Methodist Church (£93k), Heswall United Reformed Church Charity (£93k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Feniscowles Immanuel (£93k).