BIRTLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1133513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is an evangelical church based in Birtley. The aims of the church are the proclamation of the Christian gospel and the nurture and development of the congregation to participate in this task.

Objects

The objects of the Church (¶the Objects÷) are for the benefit of the public:(a) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time may think fit;(b) to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council from time to time think fit; and(c) to advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Church Council form time to time may think fit.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE GATESHEAD, DURHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY, SUNDERLAND.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a financial surplus of £13,263 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £52,653 and expenditure of £39,390. The trustees consider the financial position to be positive, noting that unrestricted bank balances stood at £300,067 at the end of the period. The charity's reserves policy aims to hold approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current balance significantly exceeds this target.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chair of Trustees PATRICK ROY BRIDDON BSC PHDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Rachel Snaith
• Joseph James Clifford
• ROWAN MARSH PHILLIMORE

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Sunderland

Income and spending

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