# The Northumbria Historic Churches Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1209529 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1209529)
- Website: https://www.northumbriahct.org.uk
- What it funds: Environment / conservation / heritage
- Who it helps: Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland
- Other names: Northumbria Historic Churches Trust (working)
- Trustees: 12
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/northumbria-historic-churches-trust

Assists with the conservation of churches of historic or architectural value in the Anglican dioceses of Durham and Newcastle, mainly through providing financial assistance towards the cost of repairs. Churches may be of any Christian denomination.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> For the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of Churches, chapels, or other buildings used for public worship, with or without community use and which belong to or are used by any Christian denomination affiliated to Churches together in Britain and Ireland (religious buildings), and the monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments and chattels in such religious buildings, and the churchyards and external areas belonging to such religious buildings, in the area coterminous with the Anglican dioceses of Durham and Newcastle.

## What it funds

The Northumbria Historic Churches Trust is registered under the Charity Commission purposes environment / conservation / heritage for other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool and Newcastle Upon Tyne City and 5 more areas.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Northumbria Historic Churches Trust in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (northumbriahct.org.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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