THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 511181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust exists to raise money to assist with the maintenance, repairs and improvement of historic churches of all christian denominations and to raise awareness within the administrative county of Herefordshire. This assistance is given by making grants and occasionally, in appropriate circumstances, by offering interest free loans.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND OF MOUNUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS, IN SUCH CHURCHES, AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.

Area of benefit: HEREFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted funds totaling £959,751, with the majority held in investments valued at £1,033,388. However, net current assets are reported as negative at minus £71,638 due to grant approvals recorded as current liabilities. The trustees confirm that ample funds are available to fulfill obligations and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Weston Foundation — “Grants available from the Weston Foundation…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID JOHN FURNIVALchair
• ALI HAYDN JONES
• JOHN HANDBY
• LADY SUSANNA MCFARLANE MCSP DL
• STEPHEN CHEETHAM
• Sue Burleigh
• The Venerable Derek Christopher Chedzey
• Tim Bridges

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £266k
• THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £304k
• THE YORKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £145k
• OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016) income £401k
• THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £152k
• CHURCH STREET CHARITABLE TRUST income £291k

Side by side with its peers

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