The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wigan West

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wigan West is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in January 2023, 3 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 Wigan West reported income of £265k and spending of £244k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £274k to £265k (-3.6%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 151% 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 Wigan West sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crossway United Reformed Church Charity (£264k), Anjuman-Ul-Muslimeen Ltd (£265k) and The Lizard and Mounts Bay Methodist Circuit (£264k).