THE NORFOLK CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 271176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust supports the preservation of churches or chapels of any christian denomination in Norfolk or the dioceses of Norwich. The trust makes grants to parishes and congregations to repair restore and preserve christian churches and chapels.

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £47,534 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £2,133,265. The Honorary Treasurer described the financial position as 'looking healthy' during the Annual General Meeting. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,033,265, which the trustees indicated are sufficient to honour grant commitments.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Norfolk Churches Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Norfolk Society — “Established in 1976 with just £300 borrowed from the Norfolk Society, the Trust was founded with a clear purpose: to protect, through financ…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~42.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMELIA LOUISE COURTAULD
• COUNTESS OF LEICESTER SARAH ELIZABETH MARY LEICESTER
• DELPHINE KATHELIJNE PROSPER STEEL
• Dr John Maddison
• Ian Donald Lonsdale · trustee of 4 other charities
• Julian Lombe Taylor
• MICHAEL JOHN SAYER
• ROSABELLE BATT

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTHUMBRIA HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

• THE NORTHUMBRIA HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £456k
• THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £276k
• THE NORWICH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED income £321k
• THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £152k
• THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST income £5.2m
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £148k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.