# WILTSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1075598
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 20, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1075598


## Contact

- **Address:** The Garden House, Ferne, SHAFTESBURY, Dorset
- **Postcode:** SP7 0EU
- **Phone:** 01747828012
- **Email:** sec.whct@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.wiltshirehistoricchurchestrust.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** WILTSHIRE




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £116635 | £110604 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £114013 | £220806 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £98577 | £93561 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £95846 | £97779 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £104986 | £58943 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **HIS HONOUR MARK EVERALL KC** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 15, 2011
- ANNE DOYLE DSG
- BRIAN WOODRUFFE — appointed Dec. 12, 2011
- Canon CHARLES WALTER EDWARD RALPH BUCHAN FCA — appointed June 13, 2015
- James Donald Hay — appointed June 13, 2022
- Luke March — appointed Nov. 14, 2022
- MICHAEL JEREMY HODGES — appointed Sept. 17, 2011
- MRS ANNE COOKE
- NEIL OWEN SKELTON
- Patrick Wintour — appointed Nov. 14, 2022
- Rev GRAHAM WARMINGTON — appointed Nov. 24, 2018
- SARAH ROSE TROUGHTON — appointed Feb. 20, 2012
- Stephen Lake Rt REv — appointed July 31, 2022
- The Venerable Christopher Bryan — appointed May 20, 2019
- Venerable Emma Louise Ellis — appointed July 18, 2025
- William John Hiscocks — appointed June 13, 2022