CHURCH ESTATE

Registered charity 258024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCH ESTATE OF THE ECCLESTASTICAL PARISH OF DORCHESTER

To provide grants to the three C of E Churches in Dorchester, to assist essential projects and especially where emergency funding is required. Grants are made to projects where the costs greatly exceed that which cannot be achieved by normal fund raising and donations for the projects.

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Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had an excess of receipts over payments of £10,833.52 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Free/unrestricted cash funds increased from £6,050.00 to £12,467.00, while permanent endowment assets were valued at £675,663.00. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£39k£50k
31/12/2024£38k£42k
31/12/2023£36k£57k
31/12/2022£35k£50k
31/12/2021£31k£37k

Common questions

Is CHURCH ESTATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had an excess of receipts over payments of £10,833.52 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Free/unrestricted cash funds increased from £6,050.00 to £12,467.00, while permanent endowment assets were valued at £675,663.00. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.