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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

The charitable purposes of the trust are to apply the income and capital of the trust to the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches in Suffolk.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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
05/04/23£254£458£-204n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/22*£308£236£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21£326£205£121n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20£217£204£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£185£210£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18*£182£171£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£249£242£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£362£363£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15£180£209£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/14£237£213£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13£287£262£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12£219£257£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/11£207£271£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/10£305£315£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/09£298£297£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/08£379£270£109n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/07£296£275£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/06£269£261£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/05£295£252£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/04*£379£265£114n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 51 years

www.shct.org.uk

shct@btconnect.com

01787883884

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ARTHUR JAMES BETHUNE NORMAN Appointed: 2021
  • CELIA MARY JANE STEPHENS
  • CHRISTOPHER JAMES EWAN SPICER
  • DAVID GUYMER KING Appointed: 2014
  • DAVID NEALE GOULD Appointed: 2018
  • GEOFFREY THOMAS CARWARDINE PROBERT DL (Chair) Appointed: 2012
  • HON CHARLES RICHARD BOSCAWEN
  • JOHN EDWARD DEVAUX DL Appointed: 2014
  • LOUDON IAN GREENLEES Appointed: 2022
  • MARY LUXMOORE-STYLES Appointed: 2019
  • NICHOLAS PEARSON Appointed: 2014
  • RICHARD EDWARD MALTBY BLAND Appointed: 2011
  • RACHEL SLOANE Appointed: 2020
  • REV ANTHONY JAMES REDMAN Appointed: 2017
  • SIMON HUGH GALWEY RONAN Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/1974, number: 267047
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
20 returns made; AR22: 277 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR04: 71 days late,
Main office

Brinkleys
Hall Street
Long Melford
Suffolk
CO10 9JR

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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