THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 1171623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE MAKE GRANTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CHURCHES IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND CHURCHES IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM WHICH ARE NOT IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES STAINED GLASS FURNITURE ORNAMENTS, BELLS, CLOCKS AND CHIMES IN SUCH CHURCHES AND O THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY SUCH CHURCHES.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gedling, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased slightly to £97,166, while total reserves fell to £103,340 due to higher grant expenditure than income. The trustees report sufficient liquid resources to meet liabilities and confirm the charity is operating on a going concern basis with no material threats identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: reduce the level of our reserves (reserves figure: £103k)
“It is the policy of the Trust over the course of the next few years to make grants that are in excess of income in order to reduce the level of our reserves.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£54k£61k
31/03/2024£76k£51k
31/03/2023£30k£66k
31/03/2022£46k£61k
31/03/2021£45k£53k

Common questions

Is THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased slightly to £97,166, while total reserves fell to £103,340 due to higher grant expenditure than income. The trustees report sufficient liquid resources to meet liabilities and confirm the charity is operating on a going concern basis with no material threats identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST as a grant recipient include LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND), THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTS.

Known funders

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

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 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST£54k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025£112k—0above—no doubt
THE NORTHUMBRIA HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025£456k—0unclear—no doubt
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WILTSHIRE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£39k£45,7170above—no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) FY2026£401k—0unclear—no doubt

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