The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Addington

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Addington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Addington reported income of £131k and spending of £155k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £166k to £131k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Addington sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Supporting Homeless, Assisting Refugees Everywhere (£131k), The Molyneux Almshouses (£131k) and Trinity Community Church Hinckley (£131k).

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.