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

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Elland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Elland. It was registered in June 2013, 13 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 Elland reported income of £35k and spending of £41k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £35k (-19%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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 Elland sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucester Pentecostal Church (£35k), The St Mary's Charitable Trust (£35k) and Somersham Baptist Church (£35k).

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.