THE FRIENDS OF SHAKESPEARE'S CHURCH

Registered charity 1097403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain, repair, restore, preserve and enhance Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, OLD TOWN, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON IN THE DIOCESE OF COVENTRY (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CHURCH'), AND OF THE MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN THE CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO THE CHURCH.

Area of benefit: THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, OLD TOWN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £12,069 for the year, driven by significant legacy income and strong bank interest. Total funds increased to £282,154, with unrestricted reserves standing at £73,348. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shakespeare's Church (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Ann Cawleychair
• Catherine Fannin Peel
• David Frank Austin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Diana Jane Owen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Woodhouse
• Michael James Anthony Warrillow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Lindsay MacDonald
• Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Patrick James Taylor · trustee of 5 other charities
• Richard Hyde
• Timothy Charles Raistrick · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Michael James Anthony Warrillow — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
• Rev Patrick James Taylor — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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