THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH, SHILDON

Registered charity 1181299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a church who meet at St John's parish church Shildon. Co. Durham DL4 1DW. We donate every month to various charities throughout the year.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

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

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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the parish ended the financial year with a surplus of £43,501, driven by increased donations, fundraising, investment returns, and a legacy exceeding £30,000. Total income rose significantly to £125,509, while total expenditure increased to £81,908, resulting in a healthy unrestricted reserve balance of £20,531 against a policy target of £15,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' payments (reserves figure: £21k)

“It is recommended that reserves equivalent to three months' payments be maintained.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: St John's School chaplaincy services funded by the church

“It is important to note that £25,379 of the total expenditure was allocated to the school for chaplaincy services, which was fully offset by grant income received.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Carol Harrischair · trustee of 1 other charity
Adele Todd
Andrew Harris Mr
Anne Marie Cleasby
Beverley Alison Walker
Dorothy Truby · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Bradley Cooper
Jane Abigail Copland
Lynne Hilda Arnold
PAUL ARNOLD DIP PFS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£126k	£82k
31/12/2024	£64k	£68k
31/12/2023	£74k	£100k
31/12/2022	£80k	£95k
31/12/2021	£66k	£64k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH, SHILDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the parish ended the financial year with a surplus of £43,501, driven by increased donations, fundraising, investment returns, and a legacy exceeding £30,000. Total income rose significantly to £125,509, while total expenditure increased to £81,908, resulting in a healthy unrestricted reserve balance of £20,531 against a policy target of £15,000. Its FY2025 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
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/05/2019	£10k	Shildon Alive Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/01/2019	£415k	Shildon Alive

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, SUTTON, IN THE DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

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 SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH, SHILDON	£126k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, SUTTON, IN THE DIOCESE OF CHESTER FY2024	£90k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, SELSDON FY2025	£199k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PRESTON ST JOHN WITH BRIGHTON ST AUGUSTINE AND ST SAVIOUR FY2025	£123k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN BIRKDALE FY2025	£70k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, BIRKBY FY2025	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.