THE MARY AND MARGARET CHARITY

Registered charity 1128332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

OPERATION OF MEDIEVAL CHAPEL AND ALMSHOUSES AS HERITAGE CENTER; PUBLIC OPEN SPACE; PLACE FOR WORSHIP

Objects

3.1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OFTHE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;3.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE RENOVATION ANDPRESERVATION OF THE ST. MARGARET'S CHAPEL AND THE ROYAL MAGDALENEALMSHOUSES, GLASTONBURY, AS BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL ANDHISTORICAL INTEREST; AND3.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY, IN THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUE OF THE ST.MARGARET'S CHAPEL AND THE ROYAL MAGDALENE ALMSHOUSES AND INTHEIR RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION.

Area of benefit: GLASTONBURY

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small surplus of £2,637 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income of £50,031 against expenditure of £47,394. Unrestricted funds increased to £57,832, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Lewis Stewart Craig
• Dearbhaile Bradley
• ELISABETH ANNA THAM
• Elizabeth Ann Pearson · trustee of 3 other charities
• John Musgrove
• Michael William Rahn
• Paul Christopher Manning
• Peter David King
• Rev Alice Lydia Watson · trustee of 2 other charities
• david holland

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).