CHURCH OR FABRIC ESTATES

Registered charity 261653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SARUM ST MARTIN - RECTOR AND CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNTS

Maintaining the fabric of the Church of St Martin, the Church Hall and for other charitable purposes.

Objects

IN OR TOWARDS THE MAINTAINENCE OF THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH OF THE PARISH OF SALISBURY, ST. MARTIN AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF SALISBURY ST MARTIN

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£45k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a Receipts and Payments basis with a significant deficit in the General Fund for the year, partially offset by a surplus in the Rawlings Bequest fund. Free/unrestricted reserves are held primarily in invested capital with the Central Board of Finance, with total monetary assets exceeding £3.5 million. The trustees report that maintenance and repair activities continued throughout the year without indicating any risk to the charity's ongoing operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The income of the Charity is derived from investments of bequests and capital sums invested with the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England and from rental income.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Study English in Salisbury Limited is considered a related party... as Rector Father D Fisher and Churchwardens Mrs M Lilley and Mr R Hayes total three, of the four, Directors of Study English in Salisbury Limited.

“Study English in Salisbury Limited is considered a related party to Sarum St Martin Rector and Churchwardens (Church or Fabric Estates) as Rector Father D Fisher and Churchwardens Mrs M Lilley and Mr R Hayes total three, of the four, Directors of Study English in Salisbury Limited.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Father David Benjamin Fisherchair · trustee of 3 other charities
MARY ANGELA LILLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
ROBERT J HAYES · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£45k	£131k
31/12/2023	£72k	£154k
31/12/2022	£261k	£95k
31/12/2021	£164k	£87k
31/12/2020	£65k	£96k

Common questions

Is CHURCH OR FABRIC ESTATES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated on a Receipts and Payments basis with a significant deficit in the General Fund for the year, partially offset by a surplus in the Rawlings Bequest fund. Free/unrestricted reserves are held primarily in invested capital with the Central Board of Finance, with total monetary assets exceeding £3.5 million. The trustees report that maintenance and repair activities continued throughout the year without indicating any risk to the charity's ongoing operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.