ST ANDREW'S CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 282157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We grant aid conservation projects involving decorative or artistic features in parish churches, abbeys and cathedrals in the South-West of England and in South Wales.

Objects

TO SECURE FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF SCULPTURES, MONUMENTS, MURAL PAINTINGS AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE WITHIN, UPON OR ATTACHED TO BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY WHETHER ECCLESIASTICAL OR SECULAR OWNED BY ANY REGISTERED CHARITY, CHURCH OR ORGANISATION FORMED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£14k

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £754,163, derived from investment income and capital growth. The trustees maintain a policy of preserving capital intact and funding grants from income, with investment advisers engaged to manage this strategy. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the capital fund be maintained intact in real terms, and grants be made out of income (held: £754k)

“It is the understanding of the Trustees that the intention of the donors was that (in the absence of exceptional need on the part of an application for grant aid), the capital fund be maintained intact in real terms, and grarits be made out of income.”

Per its FY2025 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Hugh Gunnchair
Dr TPP Connor
Dr Timothy Bruno Schroder FSA · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Brown
JOHN FRANCIS BUCKNALL
Jillian Channer
John Philip Beauchamp
Julian Gibbs
Rev Megan Daffern Chancellor
Rev Toby Wright
WILLIAM NEWSOM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£29k	£14k
31/12/2024	£16k	£6k
31/12/2023	£12k	£20k
31/12/2022	£23k	£12k
31/12/2021	£24k	£22k

Common questions

Is ST ANDREW'S CONSERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £754,163, derived from investment income and capital growth. The trustees maintain a policy of preserving capital intact and funding grants from income, with investment advisers engaged to manage this strategy. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FIELDROSE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST.

JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST income £356k
ST ANDREW'S CHURCH CHARITY income £53k
THE ANDRE CHRISTIAN TRUST income £65k
THE REST-HARROW TRUST income £69k
THE ANDREW HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £38k
ST ANDREW'S SOCIETY FOR LADIES IN NEED income £79k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST ANDREW'S CONSERVATION TRUST	£29k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£356k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ANDREW'S CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ANDRE CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£65k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REST-HARROW TRUST FY2026	£69k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ANDREW HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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