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

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Bures is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bures. It was registered in June 2019, 7 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 Bures reported income of £132k and spending of £120k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £99k to £132k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Bures sits at the 69th 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 Belbroughton Nursery (£132k), Hope Church (UK) (£132k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Mersea St Peter and St Paul (£132k).