WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR CHURCH HOUSE AND LANDS CHARITY

Registered charity 241096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCH HOUSE AND LANDS CHARITY, WIDCOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR CHURCH HOUSE AND LANDS CHARITY

the charity has four cottages that are rented out to local people. at the end of the year part of the money in the bank generated from the rents minus any expenditure is divided between Widecombe Church and Widecombe Educational Foundation

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING, AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Area of benefit: WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded nett outgoings by £19,619.32 for the year, resulting in a free funds balance of £35,912.10 at year-end. The trustees have set a minimum reserve level of £30,000.00 to cover future repairs and refurbishment. All debts were paid as they fell due, and there are no material financial commitments at December 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE ANN MANN
• JOHN ROBINSON DRACUP · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL JOHN PASCOE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philippa Jane Gimlette
• Rev Phillip Parker · trustee of 4 other charities
• Thomas Richard Stratton

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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