The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke Edgbaston Birmingham

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke Edgbaston Birmingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 2015, 11 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke Edgbaston Birmingham reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.3m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Luke Edgbaston Birmingham sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Duke of Lancaster's Foundation (£2.3m), The Jewish Leadership Council (£2.3m) and Dolphin School Trust (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71%, trading 4.6% and charitable activities 3.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £132k. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.