Parochial Charities

Analysis

Parochial Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in December 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parochial Charities reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,036 to £21k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parochial Charities sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elland and District Foodbank (£21k), Truro Municipal Charities (£21k) and Golden Careers Foundation (£20k).