GREAT YARMOUTH MINSTER PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1057601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ST NICHOLAS CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST

Raising funds to restore and maintain the fabric of the building

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Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£339k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed during the year and transferred all remaining funds and assets to the Norwich Diocesan Board of Finance Limited, resulting in zero unrestricted and restricted funds at year-end. The trustees reported a net loss of £288,474 for the year, which was fully absorbed by the prior year's reserves before the transfer. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were prepared in accordance with applicable regulations and no matters caused concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At the year end the charity has NIL unrestricted funds and NIL restricted funds, due to the Trust closing down.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Great Yarmouth Minster organ (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr PAUL PEARCE DAVIESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
COLIN WILLIAM STANLEY
Colin Smith
DAVID MCDERMOTT
EDWARD JAMES CARTER
HENRY CATOR OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
HUGH G STURZAKER
IAN CROSSLEY MILLER
JOHN MARKHAM BURROUGHS
Michael James Muskett MBE
PHILIP GORDON SCOTT
Paul Wells
RICHARD STANLEY KING
Rev SIMON WILLIAM JAMES WARD · trustee of 2 other charities
Robert Price
Sandra Edith McCullough

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£35k	£339k
31/12/2023	£10k	£29k
31/12/2022	£11k	£2k
31/12/2021	£8k	£2k
31/12/2020	£8k	£2k

Common questions

Is GREAT YARMOUTH MINSTER PRESERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed during the year and transferred all remaining funds and assets to the Norwich Diocesan Board of Finance Limited, resulting in zero unrestricted and restricted funds at year-end. The trustees reported a net loss of £288,474 for the year, which was fully absorbed by the prior year's reserves before the transfer. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were prepared in accordance with applicable regulations and no matters caused concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/09/2016	£8k	Remembering the gutting of St. Nicholas Church by enemy action in 1942