SOMERSET BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 800904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOMERSET BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST

The Somerset Building Perservation Trust acts as an organisation of "last resort" to restore and repair buildings of historic interest which would otherwise be lost.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF SOMERSET AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE AS MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND SOMERSET IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: SOMERSET

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,243 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £70,353 to £67,110. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization relies heavily on donations and grants, which totaled £110,730, to fund its charitable activities and raising of funds.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• PATRICK STOWchair
• Adron Duckworth
• Angela Watson
• Ann Manders · trustee of 2 other charities
• Cllr Hugh Davies
• Cllr Martin Lovell · trustee of 9 other charities
• DAVID GRENVILLE HUNTLY GORDON
• DR John Prideaux
• Greg Venn
• JAMES HOLYDAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• RAY STOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sir Piers Anthony De Walton Denny
• Tim Kerley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tony Grimes Cllr

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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