THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 284909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants made to a number of churches on the Romney Marsh for the work of repairs, maintenance and restoration of the fabric and curtilage and for the undertaking of physical improvements, alterations and additions of the said churches including the installation of basic facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHALL BE TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE FABRIC AND CURTILAGE OF THE CHURCHES OF BRENZETT, BROOKLAND, BURMARSH, DYMCHURCH, EAST GULDEFORD, FAIRFIELD, IVYCHURCH, LYDD, NEWCHURCH, NEW ROMNEY, OLD ROMNEY, ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SNARGATE AND SNAVE AND THE RUINED CHURCHES OF BROOMHILL, EASTBRIDGE, HOPE AND MIDLEY, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND EAST SUSSEX; TO MAKE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE SAID CHURCHES, TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF BASIC FACILITIES; TO SUPPORT OTHER RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID CHURCHES; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE SAID CHURCHES.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

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

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£82k

Latest spending

£119k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,369,415, with unrestricted funds standing at £77,866. The trustees consider these unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover estimated grant payments and governance costs for the following year. The charity reported a net decrease in funds before investment gains, but overall net assets grew due to significant unrealized gains on its investment portfolio.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At 31 December 2025 the balance of the Trust's unrestricted funds amounting to £78,000 (2024 - £67,000) is considered by the Trustees to be sufficient to achieve this aim.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 3
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 3
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 3
Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER DAVID ANWYL-HARRISchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Celia Ann Heritage · trustee of 1 other charity
Charles Edmund Garrett · trustee of 1 other charity
David Andrew Rees Williams
Dr NICHOLAS PAYNE HUDD · trustee of 2 other charities
GEORGE WARREN STAPLE · trustee of 1 other charity
Heather Maple · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Winifred Mary Sloman · trustee of 1 other charity
JOANNA THOMPSON · trustee of 1 other charity
JUDGE GRAHAM JOHN MAPLE
Rev PATRICIA LILY MARGARET FOGDEN · trustee of 1 other charity
Vyvienne Yvonne Alexandra Corley Wade · trustee of 1 other charity
William David Charles Barham · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£82k	£119k
31/12/2024	£118k	£125k
31/12/2023	£91k	£122k
31/12/2022	£333k	£51k
31/12/2021	£138k	£119k

Common questions

Is THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,369,415, with unrestricted funds standing at £77,866. The trustees consider these unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover estimated grant payments and governance costs for the following year. The charity reported a net decrease in funds before investment gains, but overall net assets grew due to significant unrealized gains on its investment portfolio. 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 LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£135k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£59k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£31k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, LINDLEY, HUDDERSFIELD	1	£20k
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	1	£16k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION	1	£7k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROMNEY MARSH COMMUNITY CHURCH.

ROMNEY MARSH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £120k
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £54k
THE YORKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £145k
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £105k
THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £304k
THE CHURCH LANDS IN THE PARISH OF HORNSEA income £81k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST	£82k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ROMNEY MARSH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£120k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YORKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLANDS HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£105k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£304k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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