FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ARUNDEL

Registered charity 1068120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST NICHOLAS BUILDING TRUST, ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH ARUNDEL BUILDING TRUST

Providing support for the restoration preservation repair maintenance and reconstruction of the Parish Church of St Nicholas Arundel, West Sussex, and for the monuments fixtures fittings and stained glass in the Church.

Objects

(A) FOR THE RESTORATION PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS ("THE CHURCH") ARUNDEL IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX IN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER AND OF THE MONUMENTS FITTINGS FIXTURES AND STAINED GLASS IN THE CHURCH AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO THE CHURCH (B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SAID COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX AND THE SAID DIOCESE TO PRESERVE REPAIR MAINTAIN AND RECONSTRUCT THE CHURCH AS A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OR ARCHITECTURAL VALUE IN THE EVENT OF THE CHURCH BEING DECLARED REDUNDANT BY A PASTORAL SCHEME MADE UNDER THE PASTORAL MEASURE 1983 (OR ANY STATUTORY MODIFICATION OR RE-ENACTMENT THEREOF) OR OTHERWISE CEASING TO BE USED REGULARLY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND THE MONUMENTS FITTINGS FIXTURES AND STAINED GLASS IN THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING THERETO

Area of benefit: ARUNDEL IN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX

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: Arun, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £242,570 at the end of the period, with a surplus of £27,623 on unrestricted funds. The charity reports no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are held specifically for the benefit of the Church for building and restoration work.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Thanks to generous support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Friends of St Nicholas and many other generous donors, St Nicholas' …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID JAMES CHALKchair
• Anna Catherine Fraser
• DANIEL HOUGHTON HODSON
• Fiona Anne Maxwell
• Graham Kenneth Toole-Mackson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Barley
• Poppy Elinor Butler
• REVD DAVID ALAN TWINLEY

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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• THE FRIENDS OF ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL income £55k
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• THE FRIENDS OF POLING CHURCH AND COMMUNITY income £38k
• THE FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH, STEVENTON, HAMPSHIRE income £60k
• FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS FIELDS income £789k
• THE FRIENDS OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, ST ALBANS income £25k

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