# DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1143450
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 18, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1143450


## Contact

- **Address:** ST CUTHBERT'S HOUSE, WEST ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE15 7PY
- **Phone:** 01912433300
- **Email:** chiefoperatingofficer@diocesehn.org.uk
- **Website:** www.diocesehn.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 5.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE BISHOP AND THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT, AND THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE SUPPORT OR SERVICES (WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE) IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT.5.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS (WHETHER IN THE DIOCESE OR ELSEWHERE) AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AS THE BISHOP AND THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.5.3 SUCH OTHER INCIDENTAL, ANCILLARY OR ASSOCIATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE BISHOP AND THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.THIS IS THE INCORPORATED SUCCESSOR CHARITY TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES: CHARITY NUMBER 234071 - CHARITY FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN THE DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE AND CHARITY NUMBER 235686 - HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN TRUST (1947)

**Activities:** THIS IS THE INCORPORATED SUCCESSOR CHARITY TO THE FOLLOWING: CHARITY NUMBER 234071 - CHARITY FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN THE DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE AND CHARITY NUMBER 235686 - HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN TRUST (1947).PROMOTION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH BY SUPPORTING CLERGY, PROVIDING PASTORAL WORK IN PARISHES AND IN COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING LIFE-LONG CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-tees
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £12925000 | £16000000 | £103265000 | 183 |
| March 31, 2024 | £12636000 | £14004000 | £103313000 | 184 |
| March 31, 2023 | £10268203 | £12438263 | £97896934 | 170 |
| March 31, 2022 | £9835000 | £10342000 | £101579000 | 155 |
| March 31, 2021 | £7293168 | £9514574 | £98226483 | 147 |



## Trustees

- CATHERINE PATRICIA DYER — appointed March 25, 2021
- Canon Martin Stempczyk — appointed May 31, 2023
- Father Jeffrey John Dodds — appointed Jan. 10, 2025
- Father Mark Millward — appointed May 31, 2023
- James O'Keefe — appointed May 31, 2023
- Lyn Murray — appointed May 25, 2023
- Michael Shorten — appointed Oct. 17, 2024
- Professor Kathleen McCourt — appointed Sept. 10, 2024
- Right Rev Stephen Wright LLB, STL — appointed July 19, 2023