THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, NORTON, STOCKTON ON TEES

Registered charity 1131694 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH PCC, NORTON

Regular public worship open to all.Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved.The teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small group meetings.Taking of religious assemblies in schools.The provision of a youth club with a Christian ethos.Promoting the whole mission of the church through various activities.Support of other charities in the UK and overseas.

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

Latest income

£152k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £438,795, with unrestricted reserves standing at £88,126. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, noting that budgeted income and expenditure levels are sufficient to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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.

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

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £152,087 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 24
Government income: £1,507 — grants £1,507 (2); 2% of the £88,073 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 35
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £93,257 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Martin Andersonchair
Brian Webb
Colin Legg
Hadyn Beckwith
Julie Saunders-Littler
RUTH LANGFORD
Ruth King
Ryan Michael McCabe
Susan Dixon
Sylvia Morgan

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£152k	£131k
31/12/2024	£88k	£91k
31/12/2023	£93k	£108k
31/12/2022	£106k	£117k
31/12/2021	£126k	£107k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, NORTON, STOCKTON ON TEES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £438,795, with unrestricted reserves standing at £88,126. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, noting that budgeted income and expenditure levels are sufficient to continue operations for the next 12 months. 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
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	1	£100k

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 ST MARY AND ST NICOLAS SPALDING.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, NORTON, STOCKTON ON TEES	£152k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ST NICOLAS SPALDING FY2025	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, LITTLE COMMON FY2024	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES ST PETER FY2025	£169k	—	0	below	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE LESS, CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£919k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET, HOLYROOD, PRESTWICH FY2024	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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