TROON CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 306548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TROON OLD CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL

The Troon Church Trust administers the Church Hall in Troon, providing facilities for regular user groups and individuals for; coffee mornings, lunch club, bowling, martial arts, slot car racing, parties, occasional quiz nights, and Church Fetes. In addition we rented out a house attached to the hall.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN CAMBORNE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF; ANDTHE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CAMBORNE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CAMBORNE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a closing balance of £28,029.77, having incurred total expenses of £148,053.40 against income of £79,705.08. The trustees report that the charity is using rental income to repay a loan and build reserves for future major repairs, such as a roof replacement, indicating a focus on long-term maintenance rather than immediate surplus accumulation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: build reserves for major repairs, including the roof (held: £28k)
“The Trust is therefore using the rental income to repay the loan and build reserves for major repairs, including the roof.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£741k
Total spending
£748k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£80k£148k
31/12/2024£741k£748k
31/12/2023£114k£20k
31/12/2022£10k£15k
31/12/2021£11k£8k

Common questions

Is TROON CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a closing balance of £28,029.77, having incurred total expenses of £148,053.40 against income of £79,705.08. The trustees report that the charity is using rental income to repay a loan and build reserves for future major repairs, such as a roof replacement, indicating a focus on long-term maintenance rather than immediate surplus accumulation.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/01/2024£41kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2023£149kTroon Village Hall

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Hope Church Truro.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TROON CHURCH TRUST£80k—0unclear—no doubt
Hope Church Truro FY2024£134k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCH RENEWAL TRUST FY2024£152k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SOUTHPORT FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
GURNELL GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£209k—0above—no doubt
City Life Church Truro FY2025£238k—0above—no doubt

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