CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS IN NEWCASTLE

Registered charity 1203907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWCASTLE CATHEDRAL

Newcastle Cathedral provides a regular pattern of worship. It offers a welcome to all who enter ~ and pastoral care to those in need of it. The Lantern Initiative is a key part of our life, and ensures support is offered to the homeless and those suffering with addiction. Our Music Team actively works with schools in disadvantaged areas to give them opportunities to sing in our choir.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £107,631 for the year ended 31 December 2024, requiring a drawdown of £200,634 from unrestricted funds to cover the cash deficit. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, citing measures to manage expenditure and secure future income despite rising cost pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• The Revd Canon Zoe Heming — Safeguarding Lead for the Chapter (source)
• Sharon Devlin — Director of Safeguarding (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 18.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Robert Bilton · trustee of 5 other charities
• Dr Helen Lesley Paterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Thomas Bruce Atkinson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Edna Beveridge
• Gavin MacFarlane Black · trustee of 6 other charities
• Lesley Ann Lee
• Rev Ruth Carole Hulse
• Rev Zoe Norah Heming
• The Venerable Rachel Astrid Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Very Reverend Lee Paul Batson · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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