BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 206471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BHCT

Making Grants to Churches and Chapels etc of all denominations in the Archdeaconery of Buckingham

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£59k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds fell to £1,023,065 due to a decrease in investment values, despite a surplus of income over expenditure of £8,239. The trustees seek to maintain reserves sufficient to generate income for grant-making, noting that all surplus income is used to fund grants where possible. The charity remains reliant on investment income and fundraising events to support its preservation activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient income to maintain their grant making at a level that will provide meaningful support to church restoration projects (held: £1.0m)

“The trustees seek to maintain the level of reserves at such a level as to generate sufficient income to maintain their grant making at a level that will provide meaningful support to church restoration projects.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sir David Roy Lidingtonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW FINN-KELCEY
Bishop Dave Bull
CAROLINE BRIDGET ABEL-SMITH OBE
CAROLINE MARY ASTON
Countess Elizabeth Helen Howe
GEORGE RUPERT ANSON · trustee of 1 other charity
HIS HONOUR CHRISTOPHER JOHN MEESE TYRER DL · trustee of 1 other charity
LAURENCE PETER JOHNSON · trustee of 1 other charity
MARY SAUNDERS
Marie-Helene Oliver
Robert Ruck-Keene
THE HON MRS JENEFER ANNE FARNCOMBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy Crapper

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£67k	£59k
30/04/2024	£100k	£81k
30/04/2023	£68k	£58k
30/04/2022	£64k	£33k
30/04/2021	£72k	£131k

Common questions

Is BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds fell to £1,023,065 due to a decrease in investment values, despite a surplus of income over expenditure of £8,239. The trustees seek to maintain reserves sufficient to generate income for grant-making, noting that all surplus income is used to fund grants where possible. The charity remains reliant on investment income and fundraising events to support its preservation activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k