WYMONDHAM ABBEY PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1054896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object and activities the Trust are the preservation, repair, insurance, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification, embellishment and reconstruction of the Wymondham Abbey in the County of Norfolk and of the monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, organs, ornaments, and chattels in such building.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, INSURANCE, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UNKEEP,BEAUTIFICATION , EMBELLISHMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ABBEY CHURCH AT WYMONDHAM IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTING , FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORGANS, OF SUCH BUILDING AND ALL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE SAID PARISH AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE .

Area of benefit: WYMONDHAM ABBEY, NORFOLK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: South Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £155,276, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity relies on investment income and legacies to fund its activities, with total net assets standing at £1,722,281 at the year end.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: meet the expenditure on general maintenance and repairs from income generated and to manage the investment portfolio to fund major work (held: £155k)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to meet the expenditure on general maintenance and repairs from income generated and to manage the investment portfolio to fund major work, usually triggered by the Quinquennial Inspection reports.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 14

“The Revd A Hammond, Mr B Randall (trustee until 22 October 2025) and Mrs D Grant are members of Wymondham Abbey PCC. During the year, payments of £35,189 were made to Wymondham Abbey PCC towards heating, electrical works, floor repairs, boiler and heating repairs, CCTV and fire alarm servicing, other remedial works, insurance and marketing.” — page 6

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID LESLIE PENNELLchair
CHRISTOPHER DAVID BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
DIANA RALPHS
Diana Margaret Grant · trustee of 2 other charities
JOHN FREDERICK DURRANT
MICHAEL JAMES HALLS
Rev ANDREW CHARLES RAPHAEL HAMMOND
SALLY SEAMAN

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£100k	£40k
05/04/2025	£43k	£20k
05/04/2024	£44k	£101k
05/04/2023	£38k	£78k
05/04/2022	£51k	£22k

Common questions

Is WYMONDHAM ABBEY PRESERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £155,276, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity relies on investment income and legacies to fund its activities, with total net assets standing at £1,722,281 at the year end. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND	1	£43k
THE PILGRIM TRUST	1	£30k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE OF THE ASCENSION, CAMBRIDGE (ST. GILES WITH ST. PETER, ST. LUKE AND ST. AUGUSTINE)	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF ABINGDON ABBEY BUILDINGS TRUST.

THE FRIENDS OF ABINGDON ABBEY BUILDINGS TRUST income £571k
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £32k
THE WYMONDHAM BRIDEWELL PRESERVATION TRUST income £50k
THE WYMONDHAM HERITAGE SOCIETY income £31k
BREAMORE ANCIENT BUILDINGS CONSERVATION TRUST income £38k
ST ANDREW'S CONSERVATION TRUST income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WYMONDHAM ABBEY PRESERVATION TRUST	£100k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ABINGDON ABBEY BUILDINGS TRUST FY2025	£571k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WYMONDHAM BRIDEWELL PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£50k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE WYMONDHAM HERITAGE SOCIETY FY2025	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BREAMORE ANCIENT BUILDINGS CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£38k	—	unclear	—	noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.