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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, High Brooms

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1185772Tunbridge WellsReligion
Income£198k2025-12-31
Spending£192ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctReligion
Registered2019Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, High Brooms is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in October 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 Matthew, High Brooms reported income of £198k and spending of £192k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £173k to £198k (+15%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Matthew, High Brooms sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beacon Park Baptist Church (£198k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary & St John the Divine, Balham (£198k) and Exeter and District Scout Council (£198k).

Income and spending

£0£67k£134k£201k£268k2021 Income: £172,8472021 Spending: £177,48620212022 Income: £267,8232022 Spending: £173,98220222023 Income: £205,3542023 Spending: £173,14220232024 Income: £204,9372024 Spending: £188,95120242025 Income: £197,9102025 Spending: £192,0902025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Religious activities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Beacon Park Baptist ChurchPlymouth£198k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary & St John the Divine, BalhamLondon£198k
Exeter and District Scout CouncilMarsh Barton Trading Estate£198k
Weston-Super-Mare and Burnham-On-Sea Methodist CircuitSomerset£198k