Friends OF S. Mary'S Church

Registered charity 1069758 Registered since 1998

Operates: Norfolk

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

6.9y median 7y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.3y

average years in governance

6 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 8Religious Activities 8General Charitable Purposes 2

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 2

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Heritage Network Norfolk 1 shared trustee
THE Morgan Blake Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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THE Morgan Blake Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Heritage Network Norfolk 1 shared trustee
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ST Mary'S Westerham Heritage Trust Similar size; both Environment

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Contact

Website	www.houghtonstmarys.org.uk
Email	admin@houghtonstmarys.org.uk
Phone	01760 720070
Address	Friends of St Mary's Church, 7 Roman Crescent, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7TN

Finances

£15,035 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,302	£5,147
2022	£11,986	£4,935
2023	£9,474	£8,775
2024	£14,062	£9,025
2025	£15,035	£20,907

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

FOR THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARY, HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH AND THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND OF THE MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS OF THE SAID CHURCH.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 31ST JANUARY 1998

Trustees (8)

8trustees

82median age

2aged 70+

Alan Brinsdon since 2016
Dawn Elizabeth Zielinski since 2023
Dr Susan Gattuso since 2017
Jeremy Francis Whigham since 2019
Keith Sandle since 2021
Peter James Wilgossage 82 since 2024
Rev Stephen Linton Thorp since 2014
Vera Kathleen Gordonage 81 since 2019

Connected charities (2)

THE Morgan Blake Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Heritage Network Norfolk 1 shared trustee

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