Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (Parca)

Analysis

Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (Parca) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08397491). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (Parca) reported income of £256k and spending of £249k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £725k to £256k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (Parca) sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of the Precious Blood (£256k), Associated Country Women of the World (£256k) and Horsforth Grove Methodist Church (£256k).