WILTSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 1075598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide grants to help towards the preservation, repair and maintenance of the church fabric. Applications are administered by the local archdeaconaries. Trustees and Deanery Reps meet half-yearly to award grants. Funds are raised from investment income, private donations, bequests, church donations, "Ride & Stride" and "Friends of Wiltshire Churches" membership and fund raising.

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Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£111k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £347,423 are below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider the trust to be in a sound financial position and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, noting dependency on member support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £347k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wiltshire Ride and Stride (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/08/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HIS HONOUR MARK EVERALL KCchair
ANNE DOYLE DSG · trustee of 1 other charity
BRIAN WOODRUFFE
Canon CHARLES WALTER EDWARD RALPH BUCHAN FCA
James Donald Hay
Luke March · trustee of 5 other charities
MICHAEL JEREMY HODGES · trustee of 4 other charities
MRS ANNE COOKE
NEIL OWEN SKELTON
Nigel Christopher Jackson MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Patrick Wintour
Rev GRAHAM WARMINGTON
SARAH ROSE TROUGHTON
Stephen Lake Rt REv
The Venerable Christopher Bryan · trustee of 2 other charities
Venerable Emma Louise Ellis · trustee of 1 other charity
William John Hiscocks · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£117k	£111k
31/03/2024	£114k	£221k
31/03/2023	£99k	£94k
31/03/2022	£96k	£98k
31/03/2021	£105k	£59k

Common questions

Is WILTSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £347,423 are below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider the trust to be in a sound financial position and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, noting dependency on member support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WILTSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILTSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHIPPENHAM WITH LANGLEY BURRELL, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NORTH WEST SWINDON AND LYDIARD MILLICENT, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHIPPENHAM WITH LANGLEY BURRELL	FY2024	£3k	towards repointing of stonework
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NORTH WEST SWINDON AND LYDIARD MILLICENT	FY2024	£3k	Nave Roof Repair
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHIPPENHAM WITH LANGLEY BURRELL	FY2023	£3k	towards pointing of stonework
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS	FY2021	£210	Subscriptions
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS	FY2022	£200	Subscriptions

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 IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£135k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£68k
PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT	1	£51k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, LINDLEY, HUDDERSFIELD	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL, BLOCKLEY WITH ASTON MAGNA	1	£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY STAPLETON BRISTOL	1	£10k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £266k
THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £148k
THE SUSSEX HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £123k
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) income £401k
THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £276k
THE YORKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £145k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WILTSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£266k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2024	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) FY2026	£401k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2023	£276k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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