TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1114596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Furtherance of the Christian faith, running a church.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AT ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECT) THE PROVISION OF A DAY/AND OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR COLLEGE FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF MALE AND FEMALE PUPILS OF ANY AGE AND FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF SUCH PUPILS IN SUCH PRINCIPLES AS AFORESAID;(D) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF TEESSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WHICH SERVICES AND FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION AND LIFE SKILLS' TRAINING, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockton-on-Tees, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £105,264 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total incoming resources increased to £1,202,147, driven by significant growth in donations and gifts, while total expenditure decreased slightly to £1,096,883. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Baines Jewitt Limited. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 24/08/2022, 55 days after the 30/06/2022 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Stuart Biddlecombechair
• Adetayo Safiriyu Kasim
• Dr Martin Andrew Dunkley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Olayemi Oluwaseyi Ekisola
• Emma Ashford
• Gary Sharples
• Graham Bond
• Janet Clare Bourdillon West
• Julie Dawn Marley
• Steven Anthony McFarlane

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARPURHEY COMMUNITY CHURCH.

• HARPURHEY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £131k
• TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY CARE TRUST income £136k
• TAKING GROUND income £118k
• WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST income £180k
• FAMILY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £73k
• THE FORGE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £447k

Side by side with its peers

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