Surrey Churches Preservation Trust

Registered charity 1063656 Registered since 1997

Operates: Croydon, Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond Upon Thames, Sutton, Surrey

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8.5y median 9y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

22.1y

average years in governance

4 vs 3 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Education 6Arts and leisure 2Finance 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Haslemere Festival 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Fund 1 shared trustee
The Furniture Helpline 1 shared trustee
Haslemere Hall 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Players 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

RE-Betchworth 1 shared trustee
Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey) 1 shared trustee
The Furniture Helpline 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Fund 1 shared trustee
The Pillars of ST. Michael`s Betchworth 1 shared trustee
Haslemere Festival 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.surreychurchespreservationtrust.org
Email	donaldson@haslemere.com
Phone	01428644473
Address	EDGECOMBE, HILL ROAD, HASLEMERE, GU27 2JN

Finances

£19,485 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£9,146	£11,059
2022	£10,439	£10,434
2023	£18,224	£10,526
2024	£16,571	£9,061
2025	£19,485	£13,066

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(1) THE RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION, REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND CHURCHYARDS AND OF ANY FIXTURES AND FITTINGS IN THE SAID CHURCHES AND CHURCHYARDS. (2) THE RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION AND REPAIR OF CHURCHES OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OR ARCHITECTURAL VALUE IN THE EVENT OF THEIR BEING MADE REDUNDANT OR OTHERWISE CEASING TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7TH JULY 1997

Trustees (7)

7trustees

80median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 7 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Hamish Donaldson MBE DLage 90 Chair
Andrew James Plumridgeage 65 since 2015
Father Alexander Francis Hill since 2019
Geoffrey Gransden Martinage 84 since 2024
John Anthony Roll Pickeringage 76 since 2013
Martin John Higgins since 2015
Richard Charles Morris since 2019

Connected charities (10)

Haslemere Festival 1 shared trustee
Haslemere Hall 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Players 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Players 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Hall 1 shared trustee
RE-Betchworth 1 shared trustee
The Pillars of ST. Michael`s Betchworth 1 shared trustee
Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey) 1 shared trustee
The Haslemere Fund 1 shared trustee
The Furniture Helpline 1 shared trustee

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