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Tees Valley Community Church

Tees Valley Community Church is a registered charity (number 1114596) based in Stockton-on-Tees, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Matthew Stuart Biddlecombe since 2019. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
Where
Stockton-on-tees
Website
www.tvcchurch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Tees Valley Community Church
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2023£922k£902k
Earlier years
  • 2022£711k£774k
  • 2021£721k£681k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF TEES VALLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AT ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF SUCH OBJECT) THE PROVISION OF A DAY/AND OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR COLLEGE FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF MALE AND FEMALE PUPILS OF ANY AGE AND FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF SUCH PUPILS IN SUCH PRINCIPLES AS AFORESAID;(D) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF TEESSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WHICH SERVICES AND FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION AND LIFE SKILLS' TRAINING, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Grants received

3 grants · £54,925 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002024-05-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9772022-10-07
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust £24,9482022-09-27
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.1y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 14Manufacturing 3Property 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.5 in 2021

27 from 14 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1114596
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MARCH 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/04/2015
Companies House
Company number 05735104 · Active
Contact on the register
01642781919 · admin@tvcchurch.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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