The Pitstone Parish Charity

Analysis

The Pitstone Parish Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in November 1970, 56 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Pitstone Parish Charity reported income of £36k and spending of £8,981, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £36k (-97%), an average of -59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 2289%. Over the whole period it spent 4.9% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Pitstone Parish Charity sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God - New Wine Haven (£36k), Skegness Community Church (£36k) and Diss Parochial Charity (£36k).