THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

Registered charity 1135095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS PCC HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

Church of England for the parish of Houghton-le-spring St Michaels and All Angels

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Latest income

£292k

Latest spending

£293k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £31,894, which the trustees describe as reasonable. The filing notes that while regular giving decreased, a successful stewardship campaign and fundraising events strengthened the financial position, allowing the charity to meet its parish share obligations. The charity also secured significant grant funding for its community project, Space4, which operated at a small deficit but maintained healthy restricted and unrestricted balances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £32k)

“To maintain general/unrestricted reserves at a level which will cover 3 months operational costs” — page 39

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Brian MacDowell Scott
Clare Taylor
David Robert Hann
David William Turnbull · trustee of 1 other charity
Denise Hall
Dian Scott
Jade Turnbull-Mason
KATHLEEN CLOSE
Louise Farthing · trustee of 1 other charity
MALCOLM JAMES FOSTER
RITA TURNBULL
Rev John William Barron · trustee of 1 other charity
SIMON PAUL HARDY BSC HONS
SUSAN ELSEY
Sheila Margaret Wynne
Sheila Marie Foster
Susan Bradley

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£292k	£293k
31/12/2023	£240k	£268k
31/12/2022	£238k	£207k
31/12/2021	£104k	£105k
31/12/2020	£90k	£87k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £31,894, which the trustees describe as reasonable. The filing notes that while regular giving decreased, a successful stewardship campaign and fundraising events strengthened the financial position, allowing the charity to meet its parish share obligations. The charity also secured significant grant funding for its community project, Space4, which operated at a small deficit but maintained healthy restricted and unrestricted balances. Its FY2024 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
Community Foundation North East	04/12/2025	£7k	Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael & All Angels Houghton-Le-Spring
Community Foundation North East	08/05/2025	£10k	Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael & All Angels Houghton-Le-Spring
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/05/2024	£259k	Houghton-le-Spring's community hub where people flourish
Community Foundation North East	30/06/2022	£10k	Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael & All Angels Houghton-Le-Spring
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2021	£263k	space4U
UK government	08/03/2021	£6k	CRF21 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels
UK government	18/06/2020	£38k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/12/2018	£10k	Space4 -Phase 2