# BERKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 288797
- **Other names:** ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST, BERKSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST, R C B C T
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 19, 1984
- **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=288797


## Contact

- **Address:** 13 Buckingham Road, NEWBURY
- **Postcode:** RG14 6DH
- **Phone:** 0163530709
- **Website:** www.berkschurchestrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PRESERVATION REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE OR IN ANY PARISH ADJACENT THERETO AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.

**Activities:** To apply the income and capital of theTrust, at the discretion of the Trustees, for the "preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction" of Churches of specified denominations in "Berkshire or in any Parish adjacent thereto, and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass and chattels in any sych Church or Churchyard belonging to such Churches"

**Area of benefit:** BERKSHIRE AND ANY PARISH ADJACENT THERETO




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £41213 | £38363 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £36176 | £36235 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £31763 | £20590 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £26396 | £18829 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £21239 | £30496 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Dr PETER DURRANT MBE
- ELEANOR ANN Rice — appointed May 27, 2017
- Graham Barker — appointed Aug. 5, 2021
- Graham Mather CBE — appointed June 10, 2019
- Jonathan Welfare — appointed Aug. 5, 2021
- Lucy Violet Zeal DL — appointed March 7, 2022
- MR J H L PUXLEY, DL
- Robin D Hartley Russell — appointed March 7, 2022
- TORQUIL JAMES MONTAGUE JOHNSTONE