01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 5 February 2026
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 2 UNION LANE, STANHOPE, DL13 2XA
Website recorded by the regulator: https://friendsofstthomasstanhope.org.uk/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Friends of St Thomas Church Stanhope raise funds through events and campaigns to conserve, maintain, and improve the fabric, furnishings and fittings of the church, to promote wide interest in the care and preservation of the church, its history, and increase use of the building for cultural and community events and to ensure the continued use of the building
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Durham
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 303
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Other Finance
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF ST THOMAS STANHOPE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2026-02-05T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 JUN 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS ARE:THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF ST THOMAS’ CHURCH STANHOPE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN, PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE FABRIC, FURNISHINGS AND FITTINGS OF THE HISTORIC CHURCH BUILDING SO THAT IT MAY CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS A SPIRITUAL, HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY ASSET.
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Charity Policy
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- Investment
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