St Columba's North Shields United Reformed Church Charity

Analysis

St Columba's North Shields United Reformed Church Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Shields. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Columba's North Shields United Reformed Church Charity reported income of £102k and spending of £102k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £120k to £102k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Columba's North Shields United Reformed Church Charity sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkby (£102k), The Campaigners (£102k) and Al Huda Masjid (£102k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.