Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of High Ongar

Analysis

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of High Ongar is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ongar. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of High Ongar reported income of £116k and spending of £107k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £74k to £116k (+56%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of High Ongar sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Into Action: Reading (£116k), Thanet Food Link Ltd (£116k) and Harrogate District Foodbank (£115k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.