FRIENDS OF LANCING CHAPEL

Registered charity 241403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aims of the Charity are the completion and maintenance of the fabric of the Chapel of SS Mary and Nicolas. The Charity makes it possible for the Chapel to be open to the public throughout the year. It arranges guides and tours for visiting parties.

Objects

TO ASSSIST THE CHAPTER OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE WOODWARD SCHOOLS TO COMPLETE THE NAVE AND MAINTAIN THE STRUCTURE OF LANCING CHAPEL.

Area of benefit: NORTH LANCING

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £18,772 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £162,664. The trustees consider these reserves to be sufficient to maintain the charity's activities in the event of a significant drop in funding, as they fall within the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Wynn-Mackenzie
• CATHERINE REEVE
• DR I GOUGH
• Dominic Thomas Oliver · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr DAMIAN A KERNEY
• Dr Scott Crawford · trustee of 1 other charity
• ISABELLA WARD
• Jeremy Alun-Jones
• Justin Pottinger
• MR JEREMY TOMLINSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Baird Milling · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROSEMARY MARGARET HANNAM
• Rt Revd JONATHAN MEYRICK · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ruth Anne Mansfield
• Sarah Lea Linfield
• THE REVEREND JONATHAN HALFORD LAWSON
• VICTOR CHAPMAN

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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