The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Shipton-Under-Wychwood

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Shipton-Under-Wychwood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in April 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it 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, Shipton-Under-Wychwood reported income of £88k and spending of £132k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £68k to £88k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, Shipton-Under-Wychwood sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Perivale Christian Centre (£88k), Hertford Town Church (£88k) and Oadby Evangelical Free Church (£88k).

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.