ST MARY AND ST PETER'S COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1091267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Project operates in the west area of Sunderland, providing a range of activities/facilities and services to the Community. These include Carer and Toddler Groups, groups for older people, community garden, wellness and fitness facilities, disabled volunteer scheme, A690 young people's work, stroke rehabilitation programme, art and craft groups.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE ESTATES OF FARRINGDON, GRINDON, HUMBLEDON, PLAINS FARM, SPRINGWELL AND THORNLEY CLOSE (HEREBY DESIGNATED AS 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE CHURCH OF SUNDERLAND ST MARY AND ST PETER, THE SAID INHABITANTS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: THE ESTATE OF FARRINGDON, GRINDON, HUMBLEDON, PLAINS FARM, SPRINGWELL AND THORNLEY CLOSE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £2,015 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £14,080 to £12,065. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £6,517 and restricted reserves of £5,548, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the filing. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention and the accounts comply with applicable regulations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/06/2024, 134 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 18/02/2023, 18 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev John D'Silvachair
• EDITH TAIT
• JEAN JOHNSTON
• Laurence Andrews

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST PETERS COMMUNITY WELLBEING PROJECTS.

• ST PETERS COMMUNITY WELLBEING PROJECTS income £52k
• ST MARY'S CHEQUERFIELD COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED income £210k
• ST. MARGARET'S COMMUNITY TRUST income £243k
• ST MARTIN'S SOCIAL CARE PROJECT LIMITED income £58k
• COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES income £584k
• ST MARYS SOCIAL CENTRE income £33k

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