The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bishop Auckland

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bishop Auckland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop Auckland. It was registered in November 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 Bishop Auckland reported income of £114k and spending of £155k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £162k to £114k (-29%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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 Bishop Auckland sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiaistical Parish of St Paul's, Chipperfield (£114k), Oy Foundation (£114k) and Christ Church Baptist Kings Langley (£114k).

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.