ST MARY'S CHURCH (HITCHIN) PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 276501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust was established to raise funds to help the Church Council preserve, repair and upkeep the fabric of St. Mary's Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire as well for the provision, restoration and repair of monuments, ornaments, furnishings, organs, windows and all other embellishments and equipment of the Church.

Objects

THE RESTORATION, REPAIR AND UPKEEP OF THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE GOVERNING INSTRUMENT).

Area of benefit: PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN HITCHIN

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£18k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
1978

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £1,197 — grants £1,197 (1); 8% of the £15,636 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 03/09/2024, 126 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 21/07/2022, 82 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£18k£124k
30/06/2024£17k£7k
30/06/2023£16k£3k
30/06/2022£3k£4k
30/06/2021£820£360