THE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST PETER TIDENHAM

Registered charity 1159658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to help conserve, restore, maintain and upkeep the buildings, grounds, fabric, furnishings and fittings of the Church of St Mary and St Peter, Tidenham (the church) for the benefit of the community by the provision of funding and other activities and fostering public interest in the building of the church, its fabric and its grounds

Objects

TO HELP CONSERVE, RESTORE, MAINTAIN AND UPKEEP THE BUILDING, GROUNDS, FABRIC, FURNISHINGS AND FITTINGS OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST PETER, TIDENHAM (THE CHURCH) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AND FOSTERING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE BUILDING OF THE CHURCH, ITS FABRIC AND ITS GROUNDS.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Forest of Dean, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £118,233 for the year ending 31 March 2025, primarily due to re-ordering works. The trustees note that this deficit was in their plan for the year, and unrestricted reserves (cash at bank) stood at £163,703, which the document indicates is sufficient to cover the deficit.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 11/03/2024, 40 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAJOR GENERAL PETER GILCHRISTchair
• Dr Marian Lillington
• PROFESSOR BRIAN ION DUERDEN CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert William Thomas Adams
• SARAH JANE GILCHRIST

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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