BUCKLAND CHAPEL TRUST

Registered charity 1142312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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).

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£12k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
2011

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUCKLAND MONACHORUMFY2025£1kMission Donations Buckland Chapel