THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, JESMOND.

Registered charity 1132758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JESMOND, ST GEORGE'S PCC

We offer facilities for local groups and organisations. We work with people of all ages and abilities. We offer worship and pastoral care.

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: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£311k

Latest spending

£311k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest in-year surplus of £2,479 for the year ended 31 December 2025, despite unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. The charity holds free reserves of £52,014, which are held in general funds not invested in tangible fixed assets. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would suggest the accounts do not accord with the records or comply with applicable regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Nigel Russell-Sewell received a £1,350 Choral scholarship; other PCC members were reimbursed £1,924 in expenses.

“During the year, Nigel Russell-Sewell was paid a £1,350 Choral scholarship. Other members of the PCC were reimbursed expenses incurred on behalf of the PCC amounting in total to £1,924.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration/scholarship

“During the year, Nigel Russell-Sewell was paid a £1,350 Choral scholarship.” — page 38

“Other members of the PCC were reimbursed expenses incurred on behalf of the PCC amounting in total to £1,924.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee expense reimbursement

“During the year, Nigel Russell-Sewell was paid a £1,350 Choral scholarship.” — page 38

“Other members of the PCC were reimbursed expenses incurred on behalf of the PCC amounting in total to £1,924.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Safeguarding data breach at DBS provider

“Since the last APCM, there have been no serious safeguarding incidents to report. The only serious matter of concern relates to a data breach at the provider of the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

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: 40
Government income: £900 — contracts £450 (2), grants £450 (2); under 1% of the £310,563 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Volunteers: 40
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 50
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Mattinson
Dr Elizabeth Mora Joan Wilson
Dr LANA YAN JUN LIU PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Thomas Peter Klenka
IZZY MCDONALD-BOOTH
JOAN ELIZABETH GRENFELL
James Parkin
Kathleen Elizabeth Plumley MA
Michael Norman De La Hunt
Nigel Vincent Russell-Sewell · trustee of 1 other charity
Prof Janet Wilson
Rev Deborah Loughran
William Brent Swinburne

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£311k	£311k
31/12/2024	£452k	£273k
31/12/2023	£283k	£247k
31/12/2022	£270k	£240k
31/12/2021	£267k	£303k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, JESMOND. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a modest in-year surplus of £2,479 for the year ended 31 December 2025, despite unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. The charity holds free reserves of £52,014, which are held in general funds not invested in tangible fixed assets. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would suggest the accounts do not accord with the records or comply with applicable regulations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/08/2026	£17k	St. George's Community Hall Solar Panels and Battery
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/12/2024	£164k	"Discover Jesmond 1888"
Community Foundation North East	12/05/2022	£7k	Grant to The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. George Jesmond

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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 GEORGE, JESMOND.	£311k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDGWARE FY2025	£396k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE AND ST PAUL, STAMFORD FY2025	£729k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH, IN THE DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER FY2025	£117k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTER FY2025	£383k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, DEREHAM FY2025	£155k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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