The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church with St Mary Magdalen and St Peter and St Paul St Leonards-On-Sea

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church with St Mary Magdalen and St Peter and St Paul St Leonards-On-Sea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Leonards-On-Sea. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church with St Mary Magdalen and St Peter and St Paul St Leonards-On-Sea reported income of £129k and spending of £144k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £280k to £129k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Christ Church with St Mary Magdalen and St Peter and St Paul St Leonards-On-Sea sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke, Queens Park, Brighton (£129k), Libanus Evangelical Church (£129k) and David Pawson Publishing Limited (£129k).

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.