CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS

Registered charity 1148441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTER DG

Training in the art of church bell ringing.Training in church bell maintenance.Arranging and running practice meetings for church bell ringers.Arranging and running church bell ringing competitions.Arranging church bell ringing for special events and commemorations.Providing grants towards the preservation, restoration, and augmentation of church bells and their fittings.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) PROMOTING AND FOSTERING THE RINGING OF BELLS FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND CELEBRATION;B) PROMOTING AND FOSTERING THE RINGING OF BELLS ON OCCASIONS OF NATIONAL OR LOCAL COMMEMORATION, CELEBRATION OR MOURNING; ANDC) THE PROVISION, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND AUGMENTATION OF BELLS AND THEIR FITTINGS, INCLUDING ANY WHICH ARE REDUNDANT.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF BELL RINGING AND MAINTENANCE

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

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Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Guild's total funds increased to £67,606.85 at the end of 2025, driven by a significant bequest and interest income. The Bell Restoration Fund, a major component of the charity's assets, stands at £61,456.24 with substantial contingent liabilities for future restoration projects. The Treasurer reports a healthy financial position with sufficient liquidity in deposit accounts to meet current obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Westley Group — “The winner will receive £100, kindly donated by Westley Group, and a certificate.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Thomas Glynne Jones
• Gillian Sandra Caulfield-Pleavin · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOCELYN ANNE SQUIRES · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAMELA THOMSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derbyshire · Halton · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COVENTRY DIOCESAN GUILD OF CHURCH BELLRINGERS BELL REPAIR FUND.

• THE COVENTRY DIOCESAN GUILD OF CHURCH BELLRINGERS BELL REPAIR FUND income £34k
• MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS BELL RESTORATION FUND income £28k
• THE BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS BELL FUND income £12k
• THE KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS' BELL RESTORATION FUND income £60k
• CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS income £146k
• THE GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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