THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST

Charity number: 1119845
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income:
£3,833,961

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Donations and legacies £3.53m
Charitable activities £20.36k
Other trading activities £48.55k
Investments £230.97k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£4,517,061

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Raising funds £519.86k
Charitable activities £4.00m
Other £0

£142,680 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £34,000 from 3 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £519.86k
Charitable expenditure £4.00m

People

25 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

3 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£70k to £80k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 June 1963: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev Canon Charles Kwaku-Odoi Trustee 12 June 2025
None on record
Sir Philip McDougall Rutnam Trustee 22 September 2022
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
Received: On time
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE BARNSBURY TEAM MINISTRY
Received: On time
Dr Nigel Hugh Walter Trustee 16 December 2021
THE CAMBRIDGE THEOLOGICAL FEDERATION
Received: On time
Cogwheel Counselling
Received: On time
Sarah Lesley Stewart Trustee 16 December 2021
FRIENDS OF BEAMISH, THE NORTH OF ENGLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM LIMITED
Received: On time
THE BEAMISH DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Received: On time
GERALD MICHAEL NOLAN CORBETT Trustee 16 December 2021
THE CORBETT FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
Henry Julian Aglionby Stanford Trustee 12 March 2019
None on record
Shirley Adams JP Trustee 12 March 2019
None on record
CATHERINE DONNA MCDONALD Trustee 12 December 2018
None on record
Catherine Marie Pepinster Trustee 17 October 2018
KALEIDOSCOPE PROJECT
Received: On time
DR Stephen Sklaroff Trustee 28 February 2018
None on record
Sir Paul John James Britton CB CVO Trustee 27 March 2015
TONBRIDGE CIVIC SOCIETY
Received: On time
THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £2.13m £6.55m £2.82m £5.00m £3.72m
Total expenditure £2.77m £6.39m £2.92m £3.55m £4.52m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £20.00k £273.00k £342.04k £55.00k £34.00k
Income - Donations and legacies £1.75m £6.14m £2.63m £4.80m £3.53m
Income - Other trading activities £61.02k £51.28k £42.59k £43.89k £48.55k
Income - Charitable activities £5.60k £83.37k £29.12k £19.77k £20.36k
Income - Endowments £25.00k £25.00k £25.00k £51.00k £40.00k
Income - Investment £153.45k £167.34k £178.17k £206.72k £230.97k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £159.43k £613.14k £482.77k £263.75k £565.97k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £2.23m £5.95m £2.48m £3.08m £4.00m
Expenditure - Raising funds £540.39k £440.82k £441.57k £464.05k £519.86k
Expenditure - Governance £31.76k £61.26k £29.44k £39.80k £50.05k
Expenditure - Grants institution £1.68m £5.20m £1.72m £2.22m £2.84m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Own use assets £18.36k £15.23k £8.80k £12.64k £11.23k
Long-term investments £5.77m £6.61m £5.86m £6.46m £6.46m
Other assets £1.78m £5.43m £2.67m £4.23m £4.22m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.61m £5.23m £2.53m £2.62m £3.15m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 16 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 16 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 18 July 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 18 July 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 26 July 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 26 July 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 18 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 18 August 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 20 July 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 20 July 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 MAY 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 JUL 2018

Charitable objects

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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 1119845-2 INCORPORATED CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY
Governing document
CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY ACT 15 JULY 1828 (9 GEO IV CAP42) AS AMENDED BY A RESOLUTION DATED 26 JANUARY 1998, (PASSED UNDER SECTION 75 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993), AND THE CHARITIES (INCORPORATED CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY) (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON 26 MARCH 2013.
Charitable objects
TO MAKE GRANTS TOWARDS BUILDING, ENLARGING AND REPAIRING CONSECRATED AND DEDICATED CHURCHES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND UPON APPLICATION.
Area of benefit
ENGLAND AND WALES
Registration history
  • 12 June 1963 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
National Churches Trust
7 Tufton Street
LONDON
SW1P 3QB
Phone:
02072220605
Email:
info@nationalchurchestrust.org
Website:

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