The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Puddletown

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Puddletown is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in December 2012, 14 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 St Mary the Virgin Puddletown reported income of £51k and spending of £61k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £51k to £51k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 St Mary the Virgin Puddletown sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sketty Community Church (£51k), 1st St Leonards Forest Scout Group (£51k) and Grace Baptist Church (£51k).

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.