Robert Stewart Memorial United Reformed Church

Analysis

Robert Stewart Memorial United Reformed Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Robert Stewart Memorial United Reformed Church reported income of £268k and spending of £67k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £268k (+956%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 818%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Robert Stewart Memorial United Reformed Church sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rye Lane Baptist Chapel (£268k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sidmouth Parish Church St Giles & St Nicholas (£269k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Cuthbert with St Matthias Earl's Court (£268k).