SOMERSET CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 1055840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF SOMERSET CHURCHES AND CHAPELS, FSCC

Restoration, preservation and repair of churches, chapels in the historic County of Somerset.

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Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£8k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £24,571 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total funds of £230,971. The trustees confirmed that no audit was required and that an independent examination was conducted, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention regarding compliance or understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · North Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£27k£8k
30/06/2024£29k£17k
30/06/2023£71k£26k
30/06/2022£27k£15k
30/06/2021£33k£28k

Common questions

Is SOMERSET CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £24,571 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total funds of £230,971. The trustees confirmed that no audit was required and that an independent examination was conducted, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention regarding compliance or understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOMERSET CHURCHES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMERSET CHURCHES TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, STAPLEGROVE, TAUNTON IN THE DIOCESE OF BATH & WELLS, TAUNTON MINSTER (THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, TAUNTON).

Known funders

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