CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SOUTH TYNESIDE

Registered charity 1153612 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCHES TOGETHER SOUTH TYNESIDE

CTST projects: Happy at Home (befriending service for isolated elderly people); Street Angels (supporting those in need on Saturday nights); Nurturing Dementia; interfaith projects. Supports Key2Life (foodbank, school uniforms, plus..). Affiliated charities: Key Project (homeless young people): South Tyneside Asylum Seeker Refugee Church Help. Shared prayer resources One off events eg hustings.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£163k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,167 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £159,876. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves of six months' operating costs, noting that current free reserves are £37,984, which is below their stated policy target.

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: £38k)
“The trustees aim to have free reserves of 6 months operating costs to enable them to make provision for the vulnerable people that are supported by the projects in the event of funding not being secured, time to raise further grants and if necessary to cover possible future costs of redundancies and wind down the charity in an orderly way.” — page 2
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Churches Together in South Tyneside (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Tyneside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£163k£114k
31/12/2024£160k£139k
31/12/2023£174k£128k
31/12/2022£125k£152k
31/12/2021£109k£126k

Common questions

Is CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SOUTH TYNESIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,167 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £159,876. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves of six months' operating costs, noting that current free reserves are £37,984, which is below their stated policy target. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SOUTH TYNESIDE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SOUTH TYNESIDE as a grant recipient include THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£22k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2026£20kHappy Hubs
Community Foundation North East19/02/2026£9kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East23/10/2025£9kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East10/07/2025£54kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East08/05/2025£10kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2025£20kHappy Hubs
Community Foundation North East07/11/2024£3kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2024£19kHappy Hubs
Community Foundation North East23/03/2023£4kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East16/03/2023£3kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2023£10kHappy Hubs
Community Foundation North East23/06/2022£10kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East26/05/2022£30kGrant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£10kHappy Hubs
Community Foundation North East04/11/2021£1kA grant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East22/07/2021£3kA grant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East15/07/2021£3kA grant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East15/07/2021£25kA grant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
Community Foundation North East27/05/2021£25kA grant to Churches Together in South Tyneside
UK government19/08/2020£32kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kSupport for Elderly
Community Foundation North East12/03/2019£15kFor work that promotes the mental health and wellbeing of people over 50
Community Foundation North East20/12/2018£1kTowards the purchase of consumables or provision of food vouchers for users of the foodbank
Community Foundation North East09/11/2018£7kCommunity Welcome Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2018£9kChurches Together - Happy at Hone Project