Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

SOMERSET CHURCHES TRUST 

Restoration, preservation and repair of churches, chapels in the historic County of Somerset.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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

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

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
30/06/23£71£26£45n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/06/22£27£15£12n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/21£33£28£6n/an/an/an/an/a28
30/06/20£40£53£-13n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/06/19£56£35£21n/an/an/an/an/a56
30/06/18£76£46£29£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£33£63£-29£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£33£41£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£38£22£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£55£48£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£38£8£30£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£35£51£-16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£33£38£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£41£28£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£37£29£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08*£41£31£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£40£38£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£49£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£36£40£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£48£34£13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.somersetchurchestrust.org

enquiries@somersetchurchestrust.org

07747630421

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/1996, number: 1055840
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 105 days late,
Main office

52 Purlewent Drive
BATH
BA1 4AZ

Objectives

THE RESTORATION MAINTENANCE PRESERVATION REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT UPKEEP AND BEAUTIFICATION OF CHURCHES CHAPELS AND CHURCHYARDS SITUATE IN SOMERSET AND OF ANY FIXTURES OR CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES CHAPELS OR CHURCHYARDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE SOMERSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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