The Parochial Charities

Analysis

The Parochial Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Powys. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Charities reported income of £13k and spending of £23k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,607 to £13k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The 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 Kerala Catholic Association of the United Kingdom Trust (£13k), Christ Restoration Centre (£13k) and Shoreham Almhouses (£13k).