THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDAN, ST JAMES AND ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MORPETH

Registered charity 1131093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MORPETH PCC

The Parish has been a centre of worship and of service to the community of Morpeth for over 800 years. Our purpose is to be a worshipping and praying community, which is open to the grace of God, active in Christian service and ready to reach out in fellowship to enable people to respond to God, so that we can continue Christ's work in the world.

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£172k
Latest spending
£203k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £28,197 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds carried forward of £166,568. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted reserves stood at £27,296 at the year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 75

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£172k£203k
31/12/2024£179k£152k
31/12/2023£196k£170k
31/12/2022£158k£147k
31/12/2021£134k£160k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDAN, ST JAMES AND ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MORPETH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £28,197 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds carried forward of £166,568. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted reserves stood at £27,296 at the year-end. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/06/2019£10k"Morpeth Boys Brigade Building Feasibility Study resubmission"

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDAN, ST JAMES AND ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MORPETH£172k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OTTERY ST MARY FY2025£542k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.JOHN AND ST.MARY DEVIZES FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ASHTON UPON MERSEY FY2025£590k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL PARISH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETERS, MORLEY FY2025£217k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, PADDINGTON FY2025£36k——unclear—no doubt

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