HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1115889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church services, outreach, social action, pastoral care and youth activities.

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Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£228k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £224,148 against total charitable expenditure of £227,900, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £251,343, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £68,400. The trustees confirm that adequate reserves are held to cover working capital requirements and potential property repair costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and grants (86% of income)

“The main source of income for the year was donations.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum of £68,400 (held: £251k)

“The trustees policy is that free reserves should be a minimum of £68,400 which is approximately 6 months of expenditure” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of trustee expenses

“Expenses of £129 (2023: £409) were reimbursed to the trustee C Minto, expenses of £429 (2023: £1,260) were reimbursed to the trustee J Males and expenses of £15 (2023: £nil) were reimbursed to the trustee J Morgan, during the year.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £160k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Jennifer Morganchair · trustee of 1 other charity
IAIN MASON
Jacky Males Ms
Jenny Louise Rumsey
MRS KATE MINTO · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£224k	£228k
31/12/2023	£236k	£202k
31/12/2022	£186k	£177k
31/12/2021	£157k	£140k
31/12/2020	£192k	£123k

Common questions

Is HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £224,148 against total charitable expenditure of £227,900, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £251,343, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £68,400. The trustees confirm that adequate reserves are held to cover working capital requirements and potential property repair costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE VARDY FOUNDATION, THE GOSHEN TRUST, THE FYRISH FOUNDATION, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST, THE MESSAGE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VARDY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2025	£24k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2024	£21k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£11k	Grants awarded
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2024	£1k	A vibrant church in Nottingham, they provide school uniforms and winter clothing for people in need. They also run a weekly café style refreshment event, they w
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE MESSAGE TRUST	FY2024	£500	Community Grocery

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	19/09/2024	£4k	Grant to Hexham Community Church
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/07/2023	£10k	Eden Project Hexham East End
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2018	£3k	Eden - Hexham Family Activities
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2011	£3k	Community Link - Providing Support for Young Adults with Learning Disabilit

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 HEXHAM ABBEY.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEXHAM ABBEY income £1.2m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HAZLEMERE income £636k
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH income £152k
PARISH OF EAST HAM, HOLY TRINITY income £345k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, HADDENHAM income £183k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RAINHAM, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD income £212k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH	£224k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEXHAM ABBEY FY2024	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HAZLEMERE FY2025	£636k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£152k	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
PARISH OF EAST HAM, HOLY TRINITY FY2025	£345k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, HADDENHAM FY2025	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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