THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 282790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the trust is to assist financially with the preservation, repair, maintenance and preservation of Christian churches and chapels in Dorset. The trustees decide as a matter of policy from time to time which of those things shall be aided by grants made by them.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN DORSET AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY SUCH CHURCHES.

Area of benefit: DORSET

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

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 total assets less liabilities stood at £478,658, with unrestricted cash funds of £310,914. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of at least £350,000, which is currently exceeded by the available cash reserves. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• His Honour David Euan Barron Grantchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charlotte Fiona Springett
• Col Jeremy Anthony Montagu Aylwin SELFE
• DR Timothy Connor
• Deborah Priddy
• JOHN TURNBULL · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Timothy Smith
• Liz Jones
• Michael Warren
• Revd Canon Andrew John William Rowland
• Roger Bryant Blaber
• STEVEN NORMAN
• Sally-Anne Elizabeth Barrett nee Stanbury
• Sir Andrew GRAHAM Bt CB,CBE
• Susan Elizabeth Diment
• Thomas Sweet-Escott

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DORSET ARCHIVES TRUST.

• DORSET ARCHIVES TRUST income £55k
• THE PRIEST'S HOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TRUST income £86k
• EAST DORSET HERITAGE TRUST income £201k
• THE DORSET HEALTH TRUST LIMITED income £179k
• THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £276k
• MIDDLESBROUGH DIOCESAN TRUST income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

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