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PARISH GIVING SCHEME

Registered charity 1156606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PGS's principal activity is to provide the most efficient & effective way for people to financially support the activity of the Church of England locally. This is done through a regular giving scheme which collects donations through direct debit & makes the donation (including gift aid) available to be spent in a specified church/parish within 10 days.

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Latest income
£103.0m
Latest spending
£101.1m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free unrestricted reserves were £129,000 at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of £200,000 (equivalent to three months of operating costs). The charity is solely reliant on annual funding from the Archbishops’ Council to continue as a going concern, a risk the trustees consider very low due to the parent company's liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — below the median for charities its size (£180k)
“On an annualised basis, one employee earned between £80,001-£90,000 during the year.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“On an annualised basis, one employee earned between £80,001-£90,000 during the year.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £129k; policy: three months of operating costs (£200k))
“As this is below the reserves policy to hold free reserves equivalent to a minimum of 3 months of operating costs (£200k)”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£103.0m
Total spending
£101.1m
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£103.0m£101.1m
31/12/2023£88.8m£88.5m
31/12/2022£75.9m£75.9m
31/12/2021£66.8m£66.6m
31/12/2020£57.8m£57.9m

Common questions

Is PARISH GIVING SCHEME financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free unrestricted reserves were £129,000 at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of £200,000 (equivalent to three months of operating costs). The charity is solely reliant on annual funding from the Archbishops’ Council to continue as a going concern, a risk the trustees consider very low due to the parent company's liquidity. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PARISH GIVING SCHEME earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds PARISH GIVING SCHEME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARISH GIVING SCHEME as a grant recipient include THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL, CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCILFY2025£1.8mRevitalise Parishes / Technology Development
CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLANDFY2023£61Supporting dioceses and the local church

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED1£5k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PARISH GIVING SCHEME£103.0m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN FY2024£501k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, LECKHAMPTON FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH FY2025£309k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ORE FY2024£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HORSHAM DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER FY2025£838k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.