Parish Lands Ecclesiastical Charity

Analysis

Parish Lands Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in September 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parish Lands Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £11k and spending of £9,297, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Parish Lands Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% 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 Dar-Ul-Raza (£10k), Passion Youth Project (£11k) and Trust Funds and Property Held in Connection with Brookfield Church, Gorton (£10k).