THE CHURCH ESTATE

Registered charity 250248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHURCH ESTATE CHARITY DURHAM

The objects of the charity are the repair of the fabric of St Margaret's Church, Durham and to maintain the services therein and subject thereto, to further the religious and other work of the Church of England in the areas of the parishes of St Margaret, Durham and St John, Neville's Cross, Durham.

Objects

THE REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF DURHAM ST MARGARET AND TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THEREIN, AND SUBJECT THERETO, IN FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET

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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds an endowment fund valued at £788,209.88 as of March 2025, which generates sufficient dividend and interest income to cover its expenditures. The trustees report that the charity has no liabilities, staff, or trading activities, and remains in a good financial position to meet its obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 03/05/2024, 93 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Barnaby Thomas Huishchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• JONATHAN BRAMLEY COOK
• Janet Hilary Phillips
• Jennifer Smurthwaite · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Ross Bullock · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER ATHEN SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Elissa Lillycrop
• Rosemary Ann O'Neill
• Sue Lyons

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DURHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE.

• THE DURHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £12.5m
• THE CHURCH FIELDS CHARITY income £146k
• EVANGEL CHURCH (DURHAM) income £45k
• COMMUNITY OF ST MARY AT THE CROSS income £2.7m
• THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST income £5.2m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, DENHAM income £263k

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