THE KENDAL UNITARIAN CHAPEL TRUST

Registered charity 236829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UNITARIAN CHAPEL MARKET PLACE KENDAL

Promote knowledge of Unitarian ethics and values, and religious liberty

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE OR SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF UNITARIANISM AS DEFINED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.(2) THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED FOR USE AS A CHAPEL AND BURIAL GROUND.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,325,067, supported by strong rental income and investment gains, while the charity holds significant fixed asset investments valued at £1,027,401. The trustees report that commercial properties are in demand with almost full occupancy, providing steady income despite economic difficulties. The charity has secured a £100,000 loan and received grants to fund ongoing Schoolroom repairs, indicating active management of its financial resources.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAZEL YVONNE CLARKEchair
• DANIEL THOMAS DYER
• Deborah Jane Nicholas
• FREDERICK JORDAN
• Hilary Alexandra Collins
• JOCELYN ROGERS
• John L Campbell
• Rev Robert Crompton

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL.

• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH UPPER CHAPEL income £214k
• THE GREAT MEETING UNITARIAN CHAPEL TRUST PROPERTIES AND FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH income £139k
• ANSDELL UNITARIAN CHURCH income £38k
• MRS R P TINDALL'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £116k
• UNITARIAN CHURCH CAMBRIDGE CIO income £123k
• UNITARIAN CHAPEL TRUST PROPERTY income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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