FRIENDS OF FRIENDLESS CHURCHES LIMITED

Registered charity 1113097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDLESS CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED, FRIENDS OF FRIENDLESS CHURCHES

The charity owns historic, redundant places of worship in England and Wales. It undertakes significant repairs to these buildings, and reopens them for community and public use and enjoyment.The charity also has at its disposal the Cottam Will Trust which disburses grants for the purchase or creation of objects of beauty which further religion in ancient Gothic churches.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,636,285, which the Trustees consider adequate for immediate and medium-term needs despite growing demands for repairs. The charity reported a net surplus of £710,746 for the year, supported by significant grant income and donations, while maintaining a strong cash position of £341,069.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Friendless Churches (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rachel Morley — Director (source)
• Roger Evans — Chairman (source)
• Simon Evans — Vice-Chairman (source)
• Peter Scott — Honorary Treasurer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Welsh Government — “We’re an independent charity and receive no government funding in England, and a modest grant in Wales.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

70 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (28 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~20.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER EVANSchair
• Catherine Cullis
• Dr Elizabeth Green
• George Bulmer
• John William Edwards
• Kirstie Robbins
• PETER SCOTT
• Rev Jack Alexander Barrow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Halsey · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIR PAUL BRITTON
• Simon John Morton Evans
• Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES.

• THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES income £223k
• THE FRIENDS OF THE CITY CHURCHES income £121k
• THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST income £2.2m
• THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST income £5.2m
• FRIENDS OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL income £333k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £266k

Side by side with its peers

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