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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST 

To own for the benefit of the public generally redundant churches chapels meeting houses and non-Anglican places of worship in England of outstanding architectural and historic interest. To secure for public benefit the preservation, repair and maintenance of its buildings including and contents, burial grounds and curtilages..
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£46£181£-135n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/22£213£287£-74n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/21£282£290£-8n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/20£481£393£88n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/19£331£314£17n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/18£497£506£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£283£358£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£361£357£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£446£457£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£294£346£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£450£333£117£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£714£603£111£17£221£891.810
31/03/11£699£675£24£19£110£851.510
31/03/10£319£321£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£349£320£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£1,073£1,066£7£28£58£250.310
31/03/07£1,059£1,046£13£21£51£300.310
31/03/06£716£840£-124£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£573£601£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£980£866£114£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

www.hct.org.uk

hct@thecct.org.uk

02074810533

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 21 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
DCMS - Walpole Old Chapel, 2 Halesworth Rd, Walpole, Halesworth IP19 9AZ
£27,063 01/04/2021
Project development work to inform future scheme of urgent repairs
DCMS - CRF20 The Historic Chapels Trust
£105,600 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 04/09/2020
Core funding for Historic Chapels Trust
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Historic Chapels Trust - Consolidation and sustainability
£53,650 01/04/2020
To develop the most efficient business model for operation of the Historic Chapels Trust, widen our support so we do not continue to be reliant on a single major funder, and develop our partnership ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Historic Chapels Trust – Investigating Sustainability
£17,650 01/04/2019
To maintain the essential operations of the Historic Chapels Trust whilst exploring options that aim to reduce the reliance of the charity on public funding.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Historic Chapels Trust - Consolidation and sustainability
£97,000 01/04/2019
To develop the most efficient business model for operation of the Historic Chapels Trust, widen our support so we do not continue to be reliant on a single major funder, and develop our partnership ....more
DCMS - Petre Chapel, Thorndon, Essex
£6,900 01/04/2018
Saving the Angels Phase 5.Retilling the roof slopes, structural repairs and timber treatment. Temporary roof. Preliminaries, crypt metalwork and contingencies.
DCMS - Petre Chapel, Thorndon, Essex
£5,258 01/04/2018
Saving the Angels Phase 5.Retilling the roof slopes, structural repairs and timber treatment. Temporary roof. Preliminaries, crypt metalwork and contingencies.
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Historic Chapels Trust – Investigating Sustainability
£138,668 01/04/2018
To maintain the essential operations of the Historic Chapels Trust whilst exploring options that aim to reduce the reliance of the charity on public funding.
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grant
£200,000 23/03/2018
Capacity Building
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grant
£84,000 01/11/2017
Maintenance and Minor Repairs programme 2017/18
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£52,577 02/10/2017
Saving the Angels Phase 5.Retilling the roof slopes, structural repairs and timber treatment. Temporary roof. Preliminaries, crypt metalwork and contingencies.
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grant
£130,000 13/06/2017
Capacity Building the Historic Chapels Trust
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grants
£10,875 03/08/2015
Asset Management Plan
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Historic Chapels Trust
£20,000 31/03/2014
Towards a programme aimed at unlocking the future sustainability of the Trust and the outstanding buildings in its care with a particular emphasis on building community links and creative use of ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Historic Chapels Trust
£73,600 08/01/2014
Historic Chapels Trust transition project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Historic Chapels Trust
£10,000 07/06/2013
Towards HCT's Sustainability
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 61-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/1993, number: 1017321
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/01/1993, number: 02778395
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 60 days late, AR04: 53 days late,
Main office

ST GEORGE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
Apostle Lodge
55 Alie Street
LONDON
E1 8EB

Objectives

TO SECURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY THE PRESERVATION REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF CHAPELS CHURCHES MEETING HOUSES OR OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS SITUATED IN ENGLAND TOGETHER WITH THEIR CONTENTS BURIAL GROUNDS AND CURTILAGES WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE OF OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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