The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Matthew with Saint James the Great Bethnal Green

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Matthew with Saint James the Great Bethnal Green is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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 Saint Matthew with Saint James the Great Bethnal Green reported income of £133k and spending of £151k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £184k to £133k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. 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 Saint Matthew with Saint James the Great Bethnal Green 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 Salahuddin Trust (£133k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Simon and St Jude with All Souls (£133k) and West London Community Trust (£133k).

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.