Parish Room

Analysis

Parish Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chippenham. It was registered in November 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parish Room reported income of £19k and spending of £17k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £21k to £19k (-8.7%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Parish Room sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Ripon Hospitals (£19k), Hilsea Lido Pool for the People Trust (£19k) and Garden of Abundant Life (£19k).