Registered charity · Stockton-on-Tees
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
- Matthew Stuart BiddlecombeChair · since 2019
- Adetayo Safiriyu KasimTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Martin Andrew DunkleyTrustee
- Dr Olayemi Oluwaseyi EkisolaTrustee · since 2024
- Gary SharplesTrustee · since 2024
- Graham BondTrustee · since 2016
- Janet Clare Bourdillon WestTrustee · since 2016
- Julie Dawn MarleyTrustee · since 2013
- Steven Anthony McfarlaneTrustee · since 2021
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 total360Giving 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
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £24,948
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,977
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Matthew Stuart Biddlecombe Chair since 2019
- Adetayo Safiriyu Kasim since 2026
- Dr Martin Andrew Dunkley
- Dr Olayemi Oluwaseyi Ekisola since 2024
- Gary Sharples since 2024
- Graham Bond since 2016
- Janet Clare Bourdillon West since 2016
- Julie Dawn Marley since 2013
- Steven Anthony Mcfarlane since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Stuart Biddlecombe Chair since 2019
- Graham Bond since 2016
- Janet Clare Bourdillon West since 2016
- Julie Dawn Marley since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Matthew Stuart Biddlecombe Chair since 2019
- Adetayo Safiriyu Kasim since 2026
- Dr Olayemi Oluwaseyi Ekisola since 2024
- Gary Sharples since 2024
- Graham Bond since 2016
- Janet Clare Bourdillon West since 2016
- Julie Dawn Marley since 2013
- Steven Anthony Mcfarlane since 2021
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.5 in 2021
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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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