Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
City Church Newcastle
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew Damian BramhallTrustee · since 2023
- Bethan Sian ElliotTrustee · since 2022
- James Keith SeniorTrustee · since 2022
- James Paul ShepherdTrustee · since 2019
- Joseph WilliamsTrustee · since 2023
- Michelle Ruth ReedTrustee · since 2021
- Phillip WorthTrustee · since 2025
- Rebecca Jane MasonTrustee · since 2021
- Sarah Louise ShepherdTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities and 1 more
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland
- Website
- www.city-church.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- City Church Newcastle
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£800k
- 2024£804k£691k
- 2023£862k£750k
Earlier years
- 2022£635k£480k
- 2021£566k£415k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE WORSHIP AND ENJOYMENT OF GOD, THE GROWING OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, THE DECLARING AND DEMONSTRATING OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL, THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF PEOPLE, THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE BY ANY FORM OF MEDIA, AND THE FOUNDING AND SERVING OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES;3.2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR AGE OR DISABILITY OR THE RELIEF OF ANY OTHER SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CHARITABLE SUPPORT;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES; AND3.4 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT ('THE OBJECTS')
Grants received
3 grants · £95,000 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
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £65,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
Most recent
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
- Andrew Damian Bramhall since 2023
- Bethan Sian Elliot since 2022
- James Keith Senior since 2022
- James Paul Shepherd since 2019
- Joseph Williams since 2023
- Michelle Ruth Reed since 2021
- Phillip Worth since 2025
- Rebecca Jane Mason since 2021
- Sarah Louise Shepherd since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- James Paul Shepherd since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew Damian Bramhall since 2023
- Bethan Sian Elliot since 2022
- James Keith Senior since 2022
- James Paul Shepherd since 2019
- Joseph Williams since 2023
- Michelle Ruth Reed since 2021
- Phillip Worth since 2025
- Rebecca Jane Mason since 2021
- Sarah Louise Shepherd since 2025
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
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1133178
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 JULY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06972512 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912332288 · finance@city-church.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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