THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST

Registered charity 1017321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCT, HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST

Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1993

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£11k

Reserves (reported)

£392k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Christopher Gordon Smithchair
Dr William Mungo Jacob · trustee of 5 other charities
Jean Margaret Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanna Davidson
Paul Emery
Petra Green
Rev Martin Wellings · trustee of 6 other charities
Sophie Bell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.2m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£923k	£760k
31/03/2023	£46k	£181k
31/03/2022	£213k	£287k
31/03/2021	£282k	£290k

Common questions

Who funds THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/03/2014	£5k	"Bethesda Our Boys Exhibition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/01/2014	£74k	"Historic Chapels Trust transition project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2013	£10k	"Towards HCT's Sustainability"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/03/2009	£414k	"Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Stoke-on-Trent phase II"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/07/2007	£50k	"Biddlestone RC Chapel, Northumberland"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/11/2004	£266k	"Bethesda Methodist Church, Stoke on Trent"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/11/2003	£13k	"Bethesda Methodist Chapel"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/03/2003	£165k	"Todmorden Unitarian Church - Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/01/2003	£50k	"Repair & Upgrading, Penrose Methodist Church"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/12/2002	£347k	"Umberslade Baptist Church - Repairs, Solihull"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/06/2001	£346k	"Salem Chapel, East Budleigh - Devon"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/06/2001	£555k	"St Georges German Lutheran Church"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/06/2000	£218k	"Wallasey Unitarian Church - Repairs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/12/1998	£33k	"Old Chapel, Walpole - Repairs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/12/1998	£145k	"Cote Baptist Chapel, Oxon - Repairs"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/07/1998	£17k	"Salem Chapel, East Budleigh - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/04/1997	£18k	"Wallasey Unitarian Church - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/11/1995	£130k	"Todmorden Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden - graveyards and lodge"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/07/1995	£120k	"Dissenters Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, London - repair"