THE KING'S CHURCH DURHAM

Registered charity 1109392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of non-conformist Christian religion; the relief of poverty or hardship of people in need by the provision of funding, facilities and equipment; the advancement of Christian education by the funding and provision of training, scholarships and bursaries; such other charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£571k

Latest spending

£505k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £107,029 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total net assets of £252,977. The trustees aim to retain between ten and twenty-five weeks of running costs in reserves, and the current unrestricted funds of £98,550 are below this stated policy target given the annual expenditure of £505,003. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: ten and twenty five weeks of running costs (held: £99k)

“The trustees aim to retain between ten and twenty five weeks of running costs in the reserves.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: M A Bonnington received remuneration of £19,058 and K Jacklin received remuneration of £32,599.

“M A Bonnington received remuneration of £19,058 (2024: £18,967) and K Jacklin received remuneration of £32,599 (2024: £31,616) for the year ended 31 August 2025 .” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£571k

Total spending

£505k

Reserves (reported)

£99k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN ROSE
ANDREW BRIAN FOSTER WEIR
Dr Andrew Millard
Dr MARK ADRIAN BONNINGTON · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr PAUL DESMOND MORLEY BSC PHD
KATHERINE MARY JACKLIN

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£571k	£505k
31/08/2024	£461k	£485k
31/08/2023	£499k	£476k
31/08/2022	£413k	£526k
31/08/2021	£469k	£404k

Common questions

Is THE KING'S CHURCH DURHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £107,029 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total net assets of £252,977. The trustees aim to retain between ten and twenty-five weeks of running costs in reserves, and the current unrestricted funds of £98,550 are below this stated policy target given the annual expenditure of £505,003. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£124k
Kingdom Legacy Trust	1	£20k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£14k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£5k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE HEART OF ENGLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1	£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH.

TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
KINGSGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £5.8m
THE C3 CHURCH income £2.4m
KING'S CHURCH IN GREATER MANCHESTER income £1.4m
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
King's Community Church, Lancaster income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE KING'S CHURCH DURHAM	£571k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£5.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE C3 CHURCH FY2024	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KING'S CHURCH IN GREATER MANCHESTER FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025	£242k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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