The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Stockport

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Stockport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in September 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 Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Stockport reported income of £102k and spending of £122k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £148k to £102k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Stockport sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catch the Fire Ministries (UK) (£102k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christchurch Bushmead Luton (£102k) and The Sodor and Man Diocesan Association (£102k).

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.