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Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1075598
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Dec. 4, 2025. Filing history
Registered
May 20, 1999
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
The Garden House
Ferne
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 0EU

Activities

We provide grants to help towards the preservation, repair and maintenance of the church fabric. Applications are administered by the local archdeaconaries. Trustees and Deanery Reps meet half-yearly to award grants. Funds are raised from investment income, private donations, bequests, church donations, "Ride & Stride" and "Friends of Wiltshire Churches" membership and fund raising.

Objects: The Preservation, Repair, Maintenance,improvement, Upkeep, Beautification And Reconstruction Of Churches In Wiltshire And Of Monuments, Fittings, Fixtures, Stained Glass, Furniture, Ornaments And Chattels In Such Churches, And Of Churchyard Belonging To Any Such Churches.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Other Defined Groups

Geography

Area of benefit
Wiltshire
Local Authority
Wiltshire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Dec. 4, 2025On time £116,635 £110,604
March 31, 2024 Nov. 26, 2024On time £114,013 £220,806
March 31, 2023 Jan. 24, 2024On time £98,577 £93,561
March 31, 2022 Jan. 15, 2023On time £95,846 £97,779
March 31, 2021 Jan. 16, 2022On time £104,986 £58,943

Trustees

Name Appointed
His Honour Mark Everall KC (Chair) Dec. 15, 2011
Anne Doyle Dsg
Brian Woodruffe Dec. 12, 2011
Canon CHARLES WALTER EDWARD RALPH BUCHAN FCA June 13, 2015
James Donald Hay June 13, 2022
Luke March Nov. 14, 2022
Michael Jeremy Hodges Sept. 17, 2011
Mrs Anne Cooke
Neil Owen Skelton
Nigel Christopher Jackson MBE July 1, 2026
Patrick Wintour Nov. 14, 2022
Rev GRAHAM WARMINGTON Nov. 24, 2018
Sarah Rose Troughton Feb. 20, 2012
Stephen Lake Rt REv July 31, 2022
The Venerable Christopher Bryan May 20, 2019
Venerable Emma Louise Ellis July 18, 2025
William John Hiscocks June 13, 2022