ST GEORGE'S CHURCH FATFIELD PCC

Registered charity 1190509 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, FATFIELD, ST GEORGE'S, FATFIELD

St George's Church is active in its local community providing for & supporting all who contact us regardless of faith through practical support, counselling, faith based activities and services of worship. Our activities include, but are not limited to, bereavement support, one to one counselling, lunch club, drop ins and community groups, youth & children's work, food bank, community cafe & more

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Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£132k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit of £5,850 on routine church activities, a figure the Treasurer noted would have been larger without grants received. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. However, they acknowledge that final costs for the new annexe project exceeded initial expectations, presenting future financial challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“None of what takes place would occur without the dozens of volunteers that give of their time and effort each week.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of fixed costs

“It is the aim of the PCC to maintain free reserves that cover three months of fixed costs to ensure essential bills can be paid in the event of an unexpected drop in income or unexpected costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£509k

Total spending

£122k

Cost of raising funds

£21k

Reserves (reported)

£41k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 4.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Christine Hopechair
Alan Cadas
Andrea Pritchard
Anna Snell · trustee of 1 other charity
Clive Bowman
Douglas Green · trustee of 1 other charity
Eileen Fletcher
Eve Winstanley
Gail Watson · trustee of 1 other charity
George Len Adams
Leslie Stevens
Lynn Wyatt
Maurice Taylor
Megan Hepworth
Patricia Hampton-Matthews
Ross Kendall
Ruth Forster
Terry Wyatt
Thomas Peter Lawson

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£126k	£132k
31/12/2024	£509k	£122k
31/12/2023	£627k	£88k
31/12/2022	£136k	£97k
31/12/2021	£205k	£87k

Common questions

Is ST GEORGE'S CHURCH FATFIELD PCC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit of £5,850 on routine church activities, a figure the Treasurer noted would have been larger without grants received. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. However, they acknowledge that final costs for the new annexe project exceeded initial expectations, presenting future financial challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ST GEORGE'S CHURCH FATFIELD PCC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST GEORGE'S CHURCH FATFIELD PCC as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	FY2023	£50k

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	08/05/2025	£10k	Grant to St George's Church, Fatfield PCC
UK government	01/04/2023	£250k	Community Ownership Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/06/2022	£120k	St Georges Church Community Annex

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 GATESHEAD ST GEORGE.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST GEORGE'S CHURCH FATFIELD PCC	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GATESHEAD ST GEORGE FY2025	£457k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, GRAVESEND FY2024	£141k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, HEADSTONE FY2024	£197k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, EAST WORTHING FY2025	£163k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS TUFNELL PARK FY2024	£403k	—	below	—	no doubt

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