The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brightlingsea Colchester Essex

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brightlingsea Colchester Essex is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Brightlingsea Colchester Essex reported income of £217k and spending of £177k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £111k to £217k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 254%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Ecclesiastical Parish of Brightlingsea Colchester Essex sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muslim Community Trust (£217k), M and M Foundation (£217k) and Estate Charity of Alice,duchess Dudley (£217k).