Parish Living Ecclesiastical Charity

Analysis

Parish Living Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in September 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parish Living Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £11k and spending of £14k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £11k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Parish Living Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mission for Christ Evangelical Ministry (£11k), Lyneham Church Hall (£11k) and Cartmel Fell Church Trust (£11k).