HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 1181370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds and giving grants towards the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of historic churches in Hampshire (including the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth), the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, and of monuments etc in such churches and of the churchyard belonging to such churches, for public benefit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT UPKEEP BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC CHURCHES IN HAMPSHIRE (INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOUTHAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH) THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND OF MONUMENTS FITTINGS FIXTURES STAINED GLASS FURNITURE ORNAMENTS GOODS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (charity 299633) — merger registered 20/06/2019.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£105k

Latest spending

£67k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £264,907, an increase from the previous year's £226,992. The trustees state that these assets and incoming resources are sufficient to fulfill the charity's obligations and cover operational needs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to enable current and future grants to appropriate churches and to cover the operational needs of the Charity (reserves figure: £265k)

“Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust maintains a level of reserves sufficient to enable current and future grants to appropriate churches and to cover the operational needs of the Charity.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 22
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 21
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 26
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr TIMOTHY JOHN GOULDERchair
Caroline Judith Edwards
Dr ANTONIA WHITLEY
JOHN ROBERT STEEL · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Canon ANDREW MICKLEFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Peter Gerrard Rayson · trustee of 1 other charity
Roy James Perry · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Jersey · Portsmouth City · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£105k	£67k
31/12/2024	£61k	£104k
31/12/2023	£144k	£52k
31/12/2022	£81k	£62k
31/12/2021	£70k	£100k

Common questions

Is HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £264,907, an increase from the previous year's £226,992. The trustees state that these assets and incoming resources are sufficient to fulfill the charity's obligations and cover operational needs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HOOK-WITH-WARSASH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HOOK-WITH-WARSASH	FY2024	£25

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£59k
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£52k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£31k
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£17k
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	1	£16k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL, BLOCKLEY WITH ASTON MAGNA	1	£11k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST.

THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST income £2.2m
THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £122k
THE HAMPSHIRE BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £862k
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £54k
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £32k
LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES PRESERVATION TRUST income £42k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST	£105k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HAMPSHIRE BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£862k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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