BUCKLAND CHAPEL TRUST
Provision and maintenance of a community building for the public and inhabitants of Buckland Monachorum and the surrounding area. We provide facilities for leisure and recreational activities for all age groups and social and economic circumstances, with the object of improving the conditions of life primarily for the local public as will be consistent with advancing the Christian faith.
Objects
1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PRIMARILY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN BUCKLAND MONACHORUM, DEVON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT;(B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE INHABITANTS OF AND VISITORS TO BUCKLAND MONACHORUM, DEVON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY BUILDING AND/OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, PROVIDED THAT ANY ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 1.1(B) SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE 1.1(A).
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- 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
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025
- Volunteers: 6
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024
- Volunteers: 6
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023
- Volunteers: 12
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- Bethany BOWDEN
- Caroline New
- Deborah Farmer
- Julie Rowe
- Paul Nixon
- Roger Watkins
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2025 | £12k | £9k |
| 31/05/2024 | £16k | £25k |
| 31/05/2023 | £41k | £40k |
| 31/05/2022 | £49k | £16k |
| 31/05/2021 | £69k | £60k |
Common questions
Who funds BUCKLAND CHAPEL TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BUCKLAND CHAPEL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUCKLAND MONACHORUM.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUCKLAND MONACHORUM | FY2025 | £1k | Mission Donations Buckland Chapel |