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.

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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 (held: £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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GRAEME RENTONchair
ANDREW PARIS · trustee of 2 other charities
ANTHONY GEORGE EYRE MARRIOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
Anthea Moat
DAVID DIGBY ATKINS
Dr CHRISTOPHER JOHN BROOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr David Carrington · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Jennifer Alexander FSA
JONATHAN NEIL DAWSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Ann Bennett-Samuels
PROFESSOR MICHAEL JONES FSA
RICHARD ASSHETON CRAVEN-SMITH-MILNES
RICHARD BRACKENBURY
Rev Alison Grant Milbank
Rev James Saunders

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2022	£10k	Churches
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2024	£10k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2021	£10k	Churches
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	FY2022	£8k	Churches
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Purposes Beneficial to the Community
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	FY2023	£3k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2025	£1k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2024	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NOTTINGHAM SAINT PETER AND ALL SAINTS	FY2023	£150	Secular Charities