Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -1

THE SUFFOLK HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

The charitable purposes of the trust are to apply the income and capital of the trust to the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches in Suffolk.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 50 years

www.shct.org.uk

shct@btconnect.com

01787883884

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
05/04/23		£254	£458	£-204	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
05/04/22	*	£308	£236	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
05/04/21		£326	£205	£121	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
05/04/20		£217	£204	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
05/04/19		£185	£210	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
05/04/18	*	£182	£171	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£249	£242	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£362	£363	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£180	£209	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£237	£213	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£287	£262	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£219	£257	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£207	£271	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£305	£315	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09		£298	£297	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08		£379	£270	£109	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/07		£296	£275	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/06		£269	£261	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/05		£295	£252	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/04	*	£379	£265	£114	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ARTHUR JAMES BETHUNE NORMAN Appointed: 2021

CELIA MARY JANE STEPHENS

CHRISTOPHER JAMES EWAN SPICER

DAVID GUYMER KING Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE CHORAL FOUNDATION FOR ST MARY LE TOWER CHURCH, IPSWICH,

DAVID NEALE GOULD Appointed: 2018

GEOFFREY THOMAS CARWARDINE PROBERT DL (Chair) Appointed: 2012

HON CHARLES RICHARD BOSCAWEN, Other trusteeship: The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement,

JOHN EDWARD DEVAUX DL Appointed: 2014

LOUDON IAN GREENLEES Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: FLORENCE COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST, SUCCESS AFTER STROKE,

MARY LUXMOORE-STYLES Appointed: 2019

NICHOLAS PEARSON Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: SUFFOLK PRESERVATION SOCIETY, COMPASSION,

RICHARD EDWARD MALTBY BLAND Appointed: 2011

RACHEL SLOANE Appointed: 2020

REV ANTHONY JAMES REDMAN Appointed: 2017

SIMON HUGH GALWEY RONAN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/1974, number: 267047

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 277 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR04: 71 days late,

Main office

Brinkleys
Hall Street
Long Melford
Suffolk
CO10 9JR

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE COUNTRY OF SUFFOLK AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUFFOLK

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