LINCOLNSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 509021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LINCOLNSHIRE OLD CHURCHES TRUST

The Trust was founded in 1952 to raise funds for the preservation, repair, maintenance, upkeep and reconstruction of churches in the county of Lincolnshire and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments, bells, and chattels in such churches and of the churchyard belonging to any such churches.

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Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £588,658 in unrestricted funds, with £64,931 in free reserves, which the Trustees consider sufficient for continued operation. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue in existence. Liquidity is not a problem as the charity holds enough reserves in liquid form to pay off short-term debts while continuing to provide grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient for its continued operation (held: £65k)

“The Trustees review the reserves at regular intervals and consider that the current level held by the charity to be sufficient for its continued operation.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CANON HENRIETTA REEVE DLchair
Alexander Paul Maughan · trustee of 1 other charity
BARONESS JANE WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID JAMES MARGARSON BEM · trustee of 2 other charities
Emma Caroline Miller · trustee of 1 other charity
GRAHAM COOK
JEFFREY COUZENS
John Edward Steadman
Linda Lord · trustee of 1 other charity
MONA DICKINSON
PENNY MILNES
The Revd Canon Professor Peter Neil
The Ven Gavin John Kirk · trustee of 3 other charities
The Venerable Eleanor Elizabeth Mary Robertshaw · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£64k	£58k
31/12/2024	£52k	£59k
31/12/2023	£51k	£45k
31/12/2022	£39k	£49k
31/12/2021	£88k	£36k

Common questions

Is LINCOLNSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £588,658 in unrestricted funds, with £64,931 in free reserves, which the Trustees consider sufficient for continued operation. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue in existence. Liquidity is not a problem as the charity holds enough reserves in liquid form to pay off short-term debts while continuing to provide grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LINCOLNSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LINCOLNSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ANCASTER TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

BARONESS JANE WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY — trustee here and at THE ANCASTER TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANCASTER TRUST	FY2023	£300