Total expenditure of Parochial Church Councils 1998 to 2005, £ millions
| Year | Recurring expenditure | Capital expenditure | Total expenditure |
| 1998 | 415 | 103 | 518 |
| 1999 | 437 | 127 | 564 |
| 2000 | 458 | 145 | 603 |
| 2001 | 483 | 145 | 628 |
| 2002 | 514 | 149 | 663 |
| 2003 | 535 | 162 | 697 |
| 2004 | 568 | 159 | 726 |
| 2005 | 601 | 178 | 779 |
Charitable giving and total recurring expenditure by PCCs
| Actual | In real terms of 2005* | |||
| £000s | £000s | |||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | |
| charitable | recurring | charitable | recurring | |
| Year | donations | expenditure | donations | expenditure |
| 1964 | 2,173 | 21,711 | 29,381 |
293,557 |
| 1970 | 2,593 | 28,038 | 26,911 |
290,989 |
| 1980 | 8,480 | 77,849 | 24,337 |
223,423 |
| 1990 | 24,573 | 227,314 | 37,415 |
346,109 |
| 1991 | 25,945 | 250,704 | 37,314 |
360,563 |
| 1992 | 26,366 | 270,365 | 36,551 |
374,802 |
| 1993 | 24,990 | 289,447 | 34,101 |
394,981 |
| 1994 | 25,814 | 307,698 | 34,395 |
409,979 |
| 1995 | 25,154 | 320,197 | 32,391 |
412,326 |
| 1996 | 25,361 | 338,671 | 31,888 |
425,834 |
| 1997 | 26,874 | 365,433 | 32,761 |
445,480 |
| 1998 | 35,302 | 415,199 | 41,608 |
489,369 |
| 1999 | 36,954 | 437,054 | 42,897 |
507,342 |
| 2000 | 37,463 | 458,339 | 42,237 |
516,742 |
| 2001 | 41,417 | 483,121 | 45,860 |
534,944 |
| 2002 | 44,395 | 513,845 | 48,376 |
559,922 |
| 2003 | 41,946 | 534,979 | 44,422 |
566,552 |
| 2004 | 45,308 | 567,932 | 46,594 |
584,054 |
| 2005 | 50,802 | 600,761 | 50,802 |
600,761 |
Note: * i.e. adjusted by the Retail Price Index to reflect 2005 purchasing power.