THE DEVON HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 1189807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust makes grants to organisations to help with the costs of maintenance and repairs of places of worship and provides advocacy, advice and information to applicants about other sources of funding which may be available.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,476,327 to £1,372,316 due to a net expenditure of £104,011, driven by charitable grants exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds £111,683 in cash and £1,328,905 in investments, with the Trustees confirming no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Austin Richard Gillow King · trustee of 5 other charities
• CAROL MAY PLUMSTEAD
• Charles Hutchings
• Dominic Semorad
• Guy Sutton Sheppard · trustee of 1 other charity
• HENDRIK ANDREW VOLLERS
• Hugh Michael James Harrison FSA
• LEE ANN MARTIN
• PHILIP TUCKETT DL
• Professor Roger James Peter KAIN CBE
• Rev Joseph Sams Moesel
• Rt. Rev'd Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel
• The Reverend Canon Nicholas Paul Fennemore · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Venerable John Edmund Frank Rawlings AKC

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

Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay

Income and spending

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Known funders

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