CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE
Registered charity 1133178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
CITY CHURCH IS ACTIVE IN CHRISTIAN MISSION, TEACHING, WORSHIP, PRAYER, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND CARE FOR OTHERS PARTICULARLY THOSE IN NEED.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a strong financial year with total income increasing to £1,255,442 and unrestricted funds totaling £1,731,935. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future, with cash and short-term investments of £859,327 at year-end. The trustees consider the charity to be in a good financial position despite having a secured bank loan.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two months of running costs/expenditure (held: £192k)
“The Church aims to hold a minimum of 2 months running costs / expenditure costs as free reserves.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Three trustees (James Shepherd, Andrew Bramhall, Sarah Shepherd) received remuneration for their employee roles within the church. James Shepherd received £50,305, Andrew Bramhall received £49,569, and Sarah Shepherd received £32,648.
“During the year three trustees (who are also members of the Eldership Team) received remuneration. The remuneration paid during the year is for the employee's role within the church and not for their role as a trustee.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees who are also employees received remuneration for their employee roles, not for their role as trustees.
“During the year three trustees (who are also members of the Eldership Team) received remuneration. The remuneration paid during the year is for the employee's role within the church and not for their role as a trustee.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by LMH Accountants Limited T/A Trevor Jones & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — City Church Newcastle (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- James Shepherd — Lead Pastor (source)
- James Senior — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Damian Bramhall
- Bethan Sian Elliot
- James Keith Senior
- James Paul Shepherd
- Joseph Williams
- Michelle Ruth Reed
- Phillip Worth
- Rebecca Jane Mason
- Sarah Louise Shepherd
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Northumberland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a strong financial year with total income increasing to £1,255,442 and unrestricted funds totaling £1,731,935. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future, with cash and short-term investments of £859,327 at year-end. The trustees consider the charity to be in a good financial position despite having a secured bank loan. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by LMH Accountants Limited T/A Trevor Jones & Co.
Who funds CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST, CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION.
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