Axbridge Parochial Charities

Analysis

Axbridge Parochial Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Axbridge Parochial Charities reported income of £11k and spending of £14k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £15k to £11k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Axbridge Parochial Charities sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life4widows International (CIO) (£11k), Wallsend Kinship Carers (£11k) and Al-Tawheed Orphan Charity (£11k).