THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED — grant history

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Latest income
£1.0m
Grants listed (FY2024)
1
Listed grants total
£500k
Accounts grants total
£445k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.urcsouthwest.org.uk · www.urcsouthwest.org.uk/new-brunswick-urc-transformed-through-synod-grants/ on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2024
downUnited Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions Trust£1.1m£500k
not listedLocal Churches (Enabling Grants)£105k—
not listedInter Synod Resource sharing£100k—
not listedLocal Churches (Building Grants)£68k—
not listedBath Larkhall£53k—
not listedWrington Group£32k—
not listedZion Frampton Cottrell£25k—
not listedEmmanuel Lunch Club£24k—
not listedOther institutions£12k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
United Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions TrustFY2024£500kGrant to help fill the deficit in the United Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions Fund.
United Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions TrustFY2023£1.1mGrant to help fill deficit in the United Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions Fund
Local Churches (Enabling Grants)FY2023£105kEnabling grants for church life activities
Inter Synod Resource sharingFY2023£100kGrant to other Synods in less fortunate financial position
Local Churches (Building Grants)FY2023£68kBuilding grants for adaptation, extension, repair and maintenance
Bath LarkhallFY2023£53kInstitutional/Enabling grant
Wrington GroupFY2023£32kInstitutional/Enabling grant
Zion Frampton CottrellFY2023£25kInstitutional/Enabling grant
Emmanuel Lunch ClubFY2023£24kInstitutional/Enabling grant
Other institutionsFY2023£12kIncludes Ecumenical groups, Benevolent Fund, and other institutional grants
Trinity HenleazeFY2023£10kInstitutional/Enabling grant
Local Churches (Survey Grants)FY2023£7kSurvey grants for 5 yearly surveys and asbestos surveys
Local Churches (Facelift Grants)FY2023£2kFacelift grants for major renovations
Local Churches (Mission Grants)FY2023£1kMission grants for projects enhancing local church mission
Retired Ministers Pension FundFY2022£3.0mGrant to fill deficit in Pension Fund assets
TeignmouthFY2022£62kBuilding/Property Grant
Inter Synod Resource sharingFY2022£35kInter Synod Resource Sharing
PlymstockFY2022£32kBuilding/Property Grant
CranbrookFY2022£25kMission Grant
Pilgrim PlymouthFY2022£25kMission Grant
BridgwaterFY2022£16kBuilding/Property Grant
SwindonFY2022£16kMission Grant
Newton AbbotFY2022£13kBuilding/Property Grant
Flavel projectsFY2022£12kBuilding/Property Grant
BarnstapleFY2022£10kBuilding Grant
GlastonburyFY2022£10kFacelift Grant
MangotsfieldFY2022£10kFacelift Grant
HanhamFY2022£10kFacelift Grant
Redland ParkFY2022£10kFacelift Grant
LyntonFY2022£10kFacelift Grant
United Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions TrustFY2021£3.0mGrant to help fill deficit in assets of the Pension Fund
Flavel projectsFY2021£65kMission grant
Inter Synod Resource sharingFY2021£35kSupport for other Synods unable to meet their costs
TeignmouthFY2021£32kMission grant
Redland ParkFY2021£30kFacelift grant
Pilgrim PlymouthFY2021£26kMission grant
Zion Grampton Cottrell DerrifordFY2021£20kEnabling grant
Exeter University Free Church ChaplaincyFY2021£16kChaplaincy grant
Emmanuel SwindonFY2021£16kMission grant
Taunton workwiseFY2021£15kEnabling grant
DerrifordFY2021£13kEnabling grant
CottrellFY2021£12kEnabling grant
BarnstapleFY2021£11kBuilding grant
Emmanuel SwindonFY2021£10kMission grant
AxminsterFY2021£10kFacelift grant
Bideford LavingtonFY2021£10kFacelift grant
GlastonburyFY2021£10kFacelift grant
EmmanuelFY2021£10kFacelift grant
Hayden WickFY2021£10kFacelift grant
Korean ChurchFY2021£10kFacelift grant
LyntonFY2021£10kFacelift grant
Newton AbbotFY2021£10kEnabling grant

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 500000 vs reference 444599 (12.5% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.