The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Ticehurst

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Ticehurst is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wadhurst. It was registered in October 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 St Mary the Virgin Ticehurst reported income of £61k and spending of £134k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £349k to £61k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Ticehurst sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Po Shin Tao Teh Association Limited (£61k), Family Life Prayer Church (£61k) and House of Living Bread (£61k).

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.