DISCOVER DECRYPT

Registered charity 1167097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE OLD SCHOOLROOM CHARITY OF ST MARY DE CRYPT

advancing heritage for the public benefit by restoration and preservation of thehistoric Tudor School Room of St Mary de Crypt in Gloucester;advancing education for the public benefit about the history of the Tudor SchoolRoom of St Mary de Crypt and of the attached Church of St Mary de Crypt;providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation.

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Latest income
£212k
Latest spending
£190k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced challenges managing a small operational balance due to significant maintenance demands on the historic building. While unrestricted funds showed a deficit for the year, restricted funds increased, and the charity relies on securing future National Lottery Heritage Fund grants to complete its conservation project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£212k£190k
31/12/2024£120k£131k
31/12/2023£130k£140k
31/12/2022£118k£124k
31/12/2021£91k£104k

Common questions

Is DISCOVER DECRYPT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faced challenges managing a small operational balance due to significant maintenance demands on the historic building. While unrestricted funds showed a deficit for the year, restricted funds increased, and the charity relies on securing future National Lottery Heritage Fund grants to complete its conservation project.

Who funds DISCOVER DECRYPT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISCOVER DECRYPT as a grant recipient include THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kDisadvantaged communities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2024£1.0m"Tudor Wall Painting and Sanctuary Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/04/2022£63k"Making Discover DeCrypt resilient and sustainable for the future"
UK government14/10/2020£13kCRF20
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/08/2020£10k"Covid-19 Discover DeCrypt"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/09/2013£1.4m"Discover DeCrypt"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GEORGE'S CRYPT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DISCOVER DECRYPT£212k—0unclear—no doubt
ST GEORGE'S CRYPT FY2025£5.4m£80,001 - £90,0003below—no doubt
CALDEY ABBEY FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE DISCOVERY SAILING PROJECT FY2025£135k—0unclear—noted
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTRE EAST LONDON FY2025£3.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
SPALDING GENTLEMEN'S SOCIETY FY2024£719k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.