THE NORTHUMBRIA HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 511314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHUMBRIA HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Assists with the conservation of churches of historic or architectural value in the Anglican dioceses of Durham and Newcastle, mainly through providing financial assistance towards the cost of repairs. Churches may be of any Christian denomination.

Objects

FOR THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES AND MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.

Area of benefit: DIOCESES OF DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total unrestricted funds of £5,072,892, an increase from the previous year's £4,323,136, driven by a significant surplus and investment gains. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~196.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Philip Palmer Andersonchair
• David Lindsay Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dennis Peter Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Roman Tulasiewicz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Mary Walford · trustee of 1 other charity
• George William Heslop · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN WAUGH MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joanna Pullan · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Phillip Palmer Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• LAWRENCE MCLEMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leanne May Tindle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Hulse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Alexander Pentti Sinclair · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED.

• THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED income £451k
• THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £54k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £112k
• THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH CHURCHES TRUST income £55k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £266k
• THE NORTHUMBRIA COMMUNITY TRUST income £380k

Side by side with its peers

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