THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CUTHBERT'S CHURCH
Church of England parish church.
Objects
PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £104,072, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The charity reports a net increase in funds of £382,110 for the year, driven largely by restricted income for the 'Opening Doors' project, while unrestricted expenditure was covered by unrestricted income. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.
What the accounts disclose
“It is the policy of the Parochial Church Council that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three- and six-month’s expenditure.” — page 6
“One of the members received remuneration totalling £2,667 (2024: £nil) as part of their employment with the charity during the year.” — page 15
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 53
- 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 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 27
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 43
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Trustees
- Rev Thomas James Harveychair
- Dr Sahan Fernando
- Fiona Rankin
- George Richmond
- HYLDA EILEEN HOPPER
- Ian Fletcher
- JOAN GILMORE
- Maria-Magdalena Valkai
- Nazanin Chamanfar
- PAUL GILMORE
- Paul Benson
- Rev Mary Yasini
- Rev Stephanie Price
- Ryan Baker
- Susan Graham
- Victoria Elizabeth Head
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £683k | £296k |
| 31/12/2024 | £364k | £426k |
| 31/12/2023 | £341k | £333k |
| 31/12/2022 | £151k | £140k |
| 31/12/2021 | £73k | £83k |
Common questions
Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CUTHBERT'S CHURCH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £104,072, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The charity reports a net increase in funds of £382,110 for the year, driven largely by restricted income for the 'Opening Doors' project, while unrestricted expenditure was covered by unrestricted income. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/11/2024 | £249k | "St Cuthbert’s; Opening Doors" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 13/06/2017 | £235k | "Urgent roofing repairs at St Cuthbert's Church Darlington" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 18/09/2014 | £106k | "Roofing and high level stonework repairs St Cuthbert's Church Darlington" |
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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 CUTHBERT'S CHURCH | £683k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN CAMBERLEY | £113k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, QUEENS PARK, BRIGHTON | £129k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE WITH HOLY TRINITY, HOLBORN AND ST BARTHOLOMEW | £638k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY & ST CUTHBERT PARISH CHURCH, CHESTER-LE-STREET | £349k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARGARET'S WEST HOATHLY | £121k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |