# THE WELLS CLERICAL CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 248436
- **Other names:** CHARITY FOR POOR AND INDIGENT CLERGY BELONGING TO THE ARCHDEACONRY OF WELLS, OR THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 27, 1966
- **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=248436


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 THE LIBERTY, WELLS
- **Postcode:** BA5 2SU
- **Phone:** 01749670777
- **Email:** general@bathwells.anglican.org



## Activities

**Objects:** IN ASSISTING PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS AND WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SERVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR OF RETIRED OR DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY WHO LAST SERVED IN THAT AREA WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION TRADE OCCUPATION OR SERVICE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS OR BY PAYING FEES TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(2)PROMOTING EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING (3) RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY SUCH MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND  WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS .THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATION WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS.

**Activities:** to provide financial assistance to the clergy and their families who are serving in the historic Archdeaconry of Wells.  Includes assisting children of the clergy, under the age of 25, by making grants to enable them to earn their living; otherwise providing for their education; providing relief for clergy, their spouses, widows, widowers or other dependants.

**Area of benefit:** THE FORMER ARCHDEACONRY OF WELLS AS CONSTITUTED IN 1738




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £14072 | £10000 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £12605 | £9250 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £11516 | £10450 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £10357 | £6850 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £9788 | £1400 | — | — |



## Trustees

- REV Bruce Faulkner — appointed May 15, 2013
- Rev Anastasia Lawrence — appointed Nov. 15, 2022
- Rev Caroline Helen Walker — appointed Jan. 11, 2021
- Rev Kevin Rogers — appointed Feb. 24, 2020
- Rev Richard Walter Neill — appointed Oct. 13, 2019
- Rev Samuel Denyer — appointed Nov. 18, 2019
- The Ven Anne Gell — appointed May 20, 2017