BERKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 288797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST, R C B C T, ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST

To apply the income and capital of theTrust, at the discretion of the Trustees, for the "preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction" of Churches of specified denominations in "Berkshire or in any Parish adjacent thereto, and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass and chattels in any sych Church or Churchyard belonging to such Churches"

Objects

THE PRESERVATION REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE OR IN ANY PARISH ADJACENT THERETO AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.

Area of benefit: BERKSHIRE AND ANY PARISH ADJACENT THERETO

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: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,855 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £30,023 and total expenditure of £23,168. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted reserves stood at £166,189 at the year-end, providing a strong financial position to support future grant-making and operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/02/2024, 8 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr PETER DURRANT MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• ELEANOR ANN Rice
• Graham Barker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Mather CBE
• Jonathan Welfare
• Lucy Violet Zeal DL · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR J H L PUXLEY, DL
• Robin D Hartley Russell
• TORQUIL JAMES MONTAGUE JOHNSTONE

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £304k
• LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES PRESERVATION TRUST income £42k
• THE YORKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £145k
• THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £276k
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £32k
• SOMERSET CHURCHES TRUST income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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