ST MARY'S CHURCH EAST BERGHOLT PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1063444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The society is established to assist in the maintenance and preservation of the fabric of the parish church of St Mary's East Bergholt in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and to preserve and protect it for the benefit of all.

Objects

THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST IN THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY'S EAST BERGHOLT IN THE DIOCESE OF ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

Area of benefit: EAST BERGHOLT

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: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £21,301.78 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with total income of £33,524.53 against expenditure of £12,222.75. Per the trustees' report, total assets stood at £163,016.96, comprising various bank accounts and bonds. The filing was independently examined by R. Thornycroft and N.A. Thomas.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 05/07/2024, 5 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Mary's Church East Bergholt Preservation Society (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Tuppenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ed Keeble · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roy Thornycroft
• SARA ELEY
• Stephen Feeney
• TOBY KRAMERS

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST BERGHOLT PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL.

• EAST BERGHOLT PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £262k
• EAST BERGHOLT UNITED CHARITIES income £56k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S GOUDHURST income £284k
• BERKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £30k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STAFFORD SAINT MARY income £143k
• ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BEVERLEY ST MARY CHURCH ESTATE income £40k

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