The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Banbury St Mary
Analysis
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Banbury St Mary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in August 2018, 8 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 Banbury St Mary reported income of £122k and spending of £125k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £197k to £122k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Banbury St Mary sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Blakenall Team (£122k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary & St Ethelburga, Lyminge with St Oswalds, Paddlesworth (£122k) and Wantage Baptist Church (£122k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
As a Church of England church our activities vary, from providing Christian worship to the local community on a weekly basis to providing pastoral support to the local parish. We are an arts venue for the local community providing a space for concerts and other forms of performing Arts. As the only Grade I listed building in Banbury we are also custodians of a significant historical building.