SUNDERLAND MINSTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Registered charity 1203743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNDERLAND MINSTER

Church of England Minster church in the heart of Sunderland

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: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£211k
Latest spending
£203k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are beginning to turn around following a period of administrative restructuring. The Provost's report highlights that governance, health and safety, and maintenance schedules are now under control for the first time in many years, supported by new staff appointments and streamlined systems.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

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

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

  • Volunteers: 53
  • Government income: £7,252 — grants £7,252 (4); 3% of the £210,683 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £850 — grants £850 (1); under 1% of the £117,143 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £378 — grants £378 (1); under 1% of the £70,827 total gross income on the same return

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£211k£203k
31/12/2024£117k£71k
31/12/2023£71k£61k

Common questions

Is SUNDERLAND MINSTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances are beginning to turn around following a period of administrative restructuring. The Provost's report highlights that governance, health and safety, and maintenance schedules are now under control for the first time in many years, supported by new staff appointments and streamlined systems.

Who funds SUNDERLAND MINSTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUNDERLAND MINSTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL as a grant recipient include SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£4kSection 2 g Maintenance of Churches and Church Buildings

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/06/2016£208k"Sunderland Minster north side roof and tower stonework etc"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/06/2014£162k"Sunderland Minster south side roof and masonry repairs and visitor welcome"

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNDERLAND METHODIST CIRCUIT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUNDERLAND MINSTER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL£211k—0unclear—no doubt
SUNDERLAND METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£265k—0unclear—no doubt

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