THE CHURCH LANDS

Registered charity 211409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ALBANS CHURCH LANDS, THE CHURCH LANDS CHARITY

Providing funds for the upkeep and maintenance of the Parish Churches of St Peters, St Lukes and St Pauls

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £13,811,553, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining free reserves of £50,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that resources are adequate to fulfill obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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 audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 32.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Malcolm Olverchair
• Alexander Neal Hall
• MARK WALLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER KASER
• Patricia Susan Seabright
• Rebecca Juliet Coady · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev MARK DEARNLEY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes income £136k
• Buckingham Parish Church income £531k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY STAPLETON BRISTOL income £168k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARK WITH ST. LUKE, OULTON BROAD. income £193k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE AND CHRIST CHURCH, CHELSEA income £931k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, CAMBERLEY income £564k

Side by side with its peers

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