GRANTCHESTER VILLAGE TRUST

Registered charity 204586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRANCHESTER VILLAGE TRUST, THE TOWN LANDS ESTATE CHARITY GRANCHESTER, THE TOWN LANDS ESTATE CHARITY GRANTCHESTER, TOWN LANDS ESTATE CHARITY

Collects income from land and investments which is used for the furtherance of the objects of the charity.

Objects

(1) 50% OF THE NET ANNUAL INCOME, AFTER PAYING THE COSTS OF ADMINISTERING THE CHARITY,SHALL BE PAID TO THE PCC TO BE APPLIED FOR THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND INSURANCEAGAINST FIRE, OF THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH, AND, SUBJECT TO THOSE PAYMENTS, SURPLUS INCOME MAY BE APPLIED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SERVICES IN THE SAID CHURCH, ANDMAINTENANCE OF THE FURNITURE OF THE CHURCH.(2) 50% OF THE NET ANNUAL INCOME, AFTER PAYING THE COSTS OF ADMINISTERING THE CHARITY,SHALL BE APPLIED:(A) FIRSTLY, TO THE RELIEF IN NEED OF INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND(B) SECONDLY, ANY SURPLUS INCOME AFTER FULFILLING THE OBJECT STATED AT SUB-CLAUSE(2)(A) OF THIS CLAUSE, FOR SUCH NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(3) THE APPORTIONMENT, STATED IN SUB-CLAUSES 2(1) AND 2(2), BETWEEN ECCLESIASTICAL AND NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES MUST NOT TO BE CHANGED WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF BOTH THE PCC AND THE COUNCIL. SUBJECT TO THAT AGREEMENT THE TRUSTEES MAY BY RESOLUTION ALTER THE APPORTIONMENT.

Area of benefit: CIVIL PARISH OF GRANTCHESTER

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £28,617 in 2025 from £17,128 in 2024, while total expenditure rose to £32,027, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Total funds decreased from £285,517 in 2024 to £270,945 in 2025, driven by a reduction in investment values. The trustees note that the charity maintained its activities and expects to recover one-off legal expenses through increased rental income from a newly acquired lease.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Peter Graffychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jo Burkitt
• Lisa Saunders
• Lynda Carol Ellis
• PROF JOHN MICHAEL GRAY
• Patricia Margaret Steen
• RICHARD JOHN PILSWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary Joy Gathercole

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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