THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEXHAM ABBEY

Registered charity 1132444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEXHAM ABBEY PCC

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a modest surplus of £47,044, reversing successive years of deficits. However, the trustees report that a return to deficit is expected for 2025 due to tax changes and grant limitations, despite the charity holding unrestricted reserves of £791,138. The trustees acknowledge the risks posed by substantial repair and development expenditures required for the historic building.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Three PCC members received remuneration or benefits in kind totalling £7,008. Four PCC members received reimbursement of expenses totalling £3,006.

“During the year, three PCC members received remuneration or benefits in kind totalling £7,008 (2023 - £2,635). The members are part time employees. During the year, four PCC members received reimbursement of expenses totalling £3,006 (2023 - £2,803) including for vestry items, travel, telephone and hospitality relating to work on funerals and visiting mercers.” — page 27

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from members of the PCC

“Donations from members of £7,062 were received during the year. There are no further related party transactions during the year.” — page 37

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Hexham Abbey Trading Ltd

“The PCC is the sole shareholder of Hexham Abbey Trading Ltd (HATL), a company which is responsible for the operation of the Refectory Cafe and the letting of rooms in the Priory Buildings, as well as the Abbey Shop” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: HEXHAM ABBEY TRADING LIMITED Companies House 07719334

HEXHAM ABBEY TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £817k
Profit before tax: £132k

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hexham Abbey Parochial Church Council (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£613k

Reserves (reported)

£791k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (64% 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: 49.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev David Charles Gloverchair · trustee of 3 other charities
CAROL WILSON
CHRISTOPHER PHILIP HEWITT
Catherine Anne Lee
Fiona Janet Finnon
Helen Marion Susan Milner
John Stephen Mitchell
Julie Elizabeth Barham
LYNNE DENISE THOMSON
Linda Rowell
Malcolm Thompson
RACHAEL JANE HAYWOOD SMITH
Richard Michael Thornton · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Roger Brown
Vivien Drydon
Wendy Marilyn Brown

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/12/2022	£1.2m	£1.4m
31/12/2021	£396k	£494k
31/12/2020	£1.0m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEXHAM ABBEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a modest surplus of £47,044, reversing successive years of deficits. However, the trustees report that a return to deficit is expected for 2025 due to tax changes and grant limitations, despite the charity holding unrestricted reserves of £791,138. The trustees acknowledge the risks posed by substantial repair and development expenditures required for the historic building. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/06/2026	£138k	"Old Treasures in a new light"
Community Foundation North East	13/03/2025	£3k	Grant to The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hexham Abbey
UK government	08/03/2021	£292k	CRF21 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hexham Abbey
UK government	11/01/2021	£6k	Hexham Abbey
UK government	11/01/2021	£18k	Hexham Abbey
The Mercers' Company	04/07/2019	£60k	Grant to Hexham Abbey
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/09/2018	£4k	"Hexham Remembers: a project to engage, remember and celebrate the events of 1918"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/09/2010	£2.0m	"The Hexham Abbey Project (Carnaby Building): revealing the past, enhancing the present, enriching the future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/09/2007	£50k	"The Hexham Abbey Story- St Wilfrids Centre"

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 GOSHEN TRUST	1	£46k
THE VARDY FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£11k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	1	£1k
THE MESSAGE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

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

HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH income £224k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAILSHAM income £219k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HAMPTON income £278k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HAZLEMERE income £636k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD income £218k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NORK WITH BURGH HEATH income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEXHAM ABBEY	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£224k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAILSHAM FY2025	£219k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HAMPTON FY2025	£278k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HAZLEMERE FY2025	£636k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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