Parochial Charities

Analysis

Parochial Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in February 1962, 64 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 £13k and spending of £9,305, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,445 to £13k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 483%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wolborough Parish Lands Non-Ecclesiastical Charity (£13k), Living Bread Christian Center (LBCC) (£13k) and The Just Love Project (£13k).