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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST

The Charity's objects are to promote the conservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches in the United Kingdom and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments, organs, bells in such churches; and to promote the building, enlargement and development of churches in the United Kingdom.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£5,005£3,548£1,456£464£8,081£1,9416.6212
31/12/22£2,819£2,924£-106£442£6,005£2,55210.5161
31/12/21£6,547£6,395£152£441£6,822£2,5954.9153
31/12/20£2,130£2,773£-643£540£5,952£2,67111.6143
31/12/19£2,272£2,330£-58£633£6,366£3,41317.6145
31/12/18£2,419£2,383£36£620£5,686£3,12515.7160
31/12/17£2,343£2,662£-319£346£5,742£2,84312.8150
31/12/16£1,590£2,309£-719£331£5,720£1,5498.1140
31/12/15£2,532£2,068£464£288£6,053£1,2607.3110
31/12/14£1,410£1,720£-310£265£4,233£8185.7110
31/12/13£1,665£1,916£-251£260£4,358£6183.9110
31/12/12£2,147£1,521£626£229£4,179£2431.9100
31/12/11£1,424£1,777£-352£238£3,381£2051.490
31/12/10£1,509£2,273£-764£397£3,865£1070.6120
31/12/09*£1,895£2,713£-817£286£4,449£1270.680
31/12/08*£1,895£120£1,775£247£4,518£10510.590
31/12/07£137£118£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 52%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 24%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.nationalchurchestrust.org

info@nationalchurchestrust.org

02072220605

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£2,266,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£2,157,690
The Pilgrim Trust£1,150,000
Dulverton Trust£900,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Grants for churches
£450,000 26/10/2023
Grants for churches
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The National Churches Trust
£1,909,490 19/12/2022
Places of Worship Strategic Capacity Building Project
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Churches Trust
£1,236,000 08/06/2022
36
Joint programme to fund historic fabric repairs for churches (three years)
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£780,000 09/11/2021
12
Church Support Maintenance Programme: promoting maintenance and funding preventative maintenance and proactive small repairs in historic churches
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£75,000 24/06/2021
36
The Nayler Awards for Excellence in Church Maintenance
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant (restricted) for distribution as grants by the National Churches Trust
£260,000 27/11/2020
12
National Churches Trust Grant Fund for Church Support Maintenance Programme: promoting maintenance and funding preventative maintenance and proactive small repairs in historic churches.
Dulverton Trust - Grants to churches
£450,000 21/10/2020
Grants to churches
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£25,000 05/05/2020
10
Awards for excellence in maintenance planning at listed places of worship
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Churches Trust
£248,200 03/03/2020
Treasure Ireland
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Churches Trust
£1,030,000 05/12/2019
36
Joint programme to fund historic fabric repairs for churches (three years)
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£10,000 13/11/2019
43
National Churches Trust/Pilgrim Maintenance Awards
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£200,000 19/09/2019
12
Church Support Maintenance Programme: promoting maintenance and funding preventative maintenance and proactive small repairs in historic churches.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£60,000 19/09/2019
36
Treasure Ireland; improving the maintenance and sustainability of historic places of worship in Northern Ireland
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Churches Trust
£7,700 21/02/2019
Lincolnshire Wolds Churches Festival
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to National Churches Trust
£200,000 13/09/2018
12
Church Support Grants Programme: funding preventative maintenance and proactive small repairs in historic churches
DCMS - Attracting Faith Visitors to England
£105,720 31/08/2018
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National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Churches Trust
£48,800 23/01/2018
ExploreChurches: Great Interpretations
Dulverton Trust - Restoration and Community Grants 2018-20
£275,000 24/10/2017
Restoration and Community Grants 2018-20
Joseph Rank Trust - National Churches Trust
£10,000 27/07/2017
To help fund the Maintenance Booker Phase 2 project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Churches Trust
£90,100 15/06/2016
Yorkshire Maintenance Project
Dulverton Trust - Restoration and Community Grants
£225,000 22/10/2014
Restoration and Community Grants
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-81
  • CATHERINE DONNA MCDONALD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Project Manager
  • CATHERINE MARIE PEPINSTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Writer
  • DR STEPHEN SKLAROFF Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director General
  • DR NIGEL HUGH WALTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Architect
  • GERALD MICHAEL NOLAN CORBETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Person
  • HENRY JULIAN AGLIONBY STANFORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • REV LUCY WINKETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Anglican Priest
  • SARAH LESLEY STEWART Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • SHIRLEY ADAMS JP Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • SIR PAUL JOHN JAMES BRITTON CB CVO Appointed: 2015
  • SIR PHILIP MCDOUGALL RUTNAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Non Executive Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2007, number: 1119845
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/05/2007, number: 06265201
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR09: 9 days late, AR08: 11 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from IVINGHOE WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH on 11/12/2023
  • Asset transfer in from UMFREVILLE MEMORIAL CHARITY on 15/07/2024
Main office

National Churches Trust
7 Tufton Street
LONDON
SW1P 3QB

Objectives

4.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS, ORGANS, BELLS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES, AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES; 4.2 TO PROMOTE THE BUILDING, ENLARGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; 4.3 TO PROMOTE THE CAPACITY OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT; AND 4.4 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND OTHER SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE 4, “UNITED KINGDOM” SHALL INCLUDE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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