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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1165322West MidlandsReligion
Income£141k2025-12-31
Spending£114ksame year
Spent / received77%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctReligion
Registered2016Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth reported income of £141k and spending of £114k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £93k to £141k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Lapworth sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triumphant Outreach Ministries International (£141k), Guru Nanak Gurdwara Bhat Singh Sabha Preston (£141k) and Southernhay United Reformed Church Charity (£141k).

Income and spending

£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2021 Income: £92,7352021 Spending: £96,01920212022 Income: £95,7382022 Spending: £107,85920222023 Income: £200,1272023 Spending: £109,37020232024 Income: £157,9312024 Spending: £101,74720242025 Income: £140,8042025 Spending: £113,5432025
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In the charity's own words

The PCC's purpose is to cooperate with the Rector in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church; pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It offers a variety of traditional Anglican forms of worship.The PCC believes its commitment to enabling as many people as possible to worship at St Mary's and to become part of the parish community fulfils its public benefit obligation.

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