THE NORWICH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 266686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main object of the Trust is the preservation and maintenence for the public benefit of redundant churches of all denominations in the City of Norwich, which are of historic or architectural value; to acquire redundant churches and any adjoining land and to let or hire these buildings as the Trust see fit providing reasonable public access.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF REDUNDANT CHURCHS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN THE CITY OF NORWICH WHICH ARE OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL VALUE.

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF NORWICH

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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Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £123,449 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant expenditure on the St Margaret De Westwick refurbishment project. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £183,030, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £40,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Smithchair
• Claire Tamar Kidman
• Julie Ann Roy
• Kate Heyman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Daley
• Ruth Hollis OBE
• Simon Hughes
• Simon John Talbott
• Sophie Flora Katherine Twyford Norton
• Stephen Robert Heywood

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED.

• NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £119k
• THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED income £451k
• THE CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST TRUST income £537k
• THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH CHURCHES TRUST income £55k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £112k
• CITY OF NOTTINGHAM HISTORIC BUILDINGS LIMITED income £246k

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