The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Mersea St Peter and St Paul

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Mersea St Peter and St Paul is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in July 2011, 15 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 West Mersea St Peter and St Paul reported income of £132k and spending of £169k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £146k to £132k (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 West Mersea St Peter and St Paul sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 Hampstead Sephardi Community (£132k), Belbroughton Nursery (£132k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Burgess Hill (£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.