THE ROWLAND TRUST

Registered charity 294714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To apply both capital and income of the Trust in the preservation and repair of the fabric of Sidmouth Parish Church, St Giles & St Nicholas.

Objects

PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST GILES AND ST NICHOLAS, SIDMOUTH

Area of benefit: SIDMOUTH PARISH CHURCH

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31st December 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accord with those records. The examiner reported no material matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Chadwick
• David Mason
• Jeff Bailey
• PHILIP EDWIN HUGHES
• Paul Mason Swinburn
• Pauline Wade

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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