The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The National Churches Trust

Registered charity 1119845 Registered since 2007

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.1y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Environment/conservation/heritage 10Education/training 3Religious Activities 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 17Professional services 14Arts and leisure 8

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.5 in 2020

25 from 14 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.nationalchurchestrust.org
Emailinfo@nationalchurchestrust.org
Phone02072220605
AddressNational Churches Trust, 7 Tufton Street, LONDON, SW1P 3QB

Finances

£5,192,110 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,547,128£6,394,718
2022£2,818,574£2,924,180
2023£5,004,687£3,548,241
2024£3,715,305£4,517,061
2025£5,192,110£4,206,463

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Services

Charitable objects

4.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS, ORGANS, BELLS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES, AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES; 4.2 TO PROMOTE THE BUILDING, ENLARGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; 4.3 TO PROMOTE THE CAPACITY OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT; AND 4.4 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND OTHER SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE 4, “UNITED KINGDOM” SHALL INCLUDE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 MAY 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 JUL 2018

Trustees (11)

11trustees
67median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Churches Trust · 06265201 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/05/2007

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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