THE WALSINGHAM COLLEGE TRUST ASSOCIATION LTD

Registered charity 215863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM

Guardianship and Maintenance of The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

Objects

TO ACT AS TRUSTEE FOR THE COLLEGE OF GUARDIANS OF THE HOLY HOUSE AND SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net income surplus of £838,072 for the year, driven by significant gains on investments, despite an operational deficit before investment gains. The trustees confirm that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds totaling £9.3 million. The directors consider the level of general unrestricted reserves to be adequate and appropriate in the context of the charity's current activities and risk profile.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £318k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~30.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Philip Richard Barneschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• CHRISTOPHER MARTIN READ · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Sonia Onome Dore · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN SAYER DOWNING · trustee of 4 other charities
• Mary Teresa Thorne · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev HOWARD STOKER · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev JEREMY SHEEHY · trustee of 4 other charities
• The Revd Prebendary Graeme Rowlands · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHURCHILL COLLEGE CHAPEL SOCIETY TRUST.

• THE CHURCHILL COLLEGE CHAPEL SOCIETY TRUST income £27k
• THE WALSINGHAM ASSOCIATION income £58k
• THE ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM income £936k
• THE WAREHOUSE TRUST income £95k
• LANCING COLLEGE LIMITED income £33.0m
• WHEATHAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY GROUP income £41k

Side by side with its peers

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