Registered charity (CIO) · Newton Abbot
The Devon Historic Churches Trust
The Devon Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity (number 1189807) based in Newton Abbot, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £85k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 13 trustees
- Income £85k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Austin Richard Gillow KingTrustee · since 2024
- Carol MAY PlumsteadTrustee · since 2020
- Charles HutchingsTrustee · since 2020
- Dominic SemoradTrustee · since 2025
- Guy Sutton SheppardTrustee · since 2026
- Hendrik Andrew VollersTrustee · since 2020
- LEE ANN MartinTrustee · since 2020
- Philip Tuckett DLTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Roger James Peter Kain CBETrustee · since 2024
- Rev Joseph Sams MoeselTrustee · since 2026
- Rt. Rev'd Nicholas Howard Paul MckinnelTrustee · since 2022
- The Reverend Canon Nicholas Paul FennemoreTrustee · since 2024
- The Venerable John Edmund Frank Rawlings AKCTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay
- Website
- WWW.DEVONHISTORICCHURCHES.CO.UK (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£85k£122k
- 2024£93k£104k
- 2023£127k£82k
Earlier years
- 2022£94k£72k
- 2021£1.4m£550
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO SUCH CHURCHES.THE “AREA OF BENEFIT” MEANS THE GEOGRAPHICAL COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE DIOCESE OF EXETER.“CHURCH” MEANS ANY CHURCH (INCLUDING A CATHEDRAL, ABBEY, MINSTER OR PRIORY CHURCH) CHAPEL OR OTHER BUILDING USED FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP FOR THE TIME BEING WHETHER BELONGING TO OR USED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS BODY.
Board analysis
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Austin Richard Gillow King since 2024
- Carol MAY Plumstead since 2020
- Charles Hutchings since 2020
- Dominic Semorad since 2025
- Guy Sutton Sheppard since 2026
- Hendrik Andrew Vollers since 2020
- LEE ANN Martin since 2020
- Philip Tuckett DL since 2020
- Professor Roger James Peter Kain CBE since 2024
- Rev Joseph Sams Moesel since 2026
- Rt. Rev'd Nicholas Howard Paul Mckinnel since 2022
- The Reverend Canon Nicholas Paul Fennemore since 2024
- The Venerable John Edmund Frank Rawlings AKC since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Carol MAY Plumstead since 2020
- Charles Hutchings since 2020
- Hendrik Andrew Vollers since 2020
- LEE ANN Martin since 2020
- Philip Tuckett DL since 2020
- The Venerable John Edmund Frank Rawlings AKC since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Carol MAY Plumstead since 2020
- Charles Hutchings since 2020
- Dominic Semorad since 2025
- Hendrik Andrew Vollers since 2020
- LEE ANN Martin since 2020
- Philip Tuckett DL since 2020
- Professor Roger James Peter Kain CBE since 2024
- Rev Joseph Sams Moesel since 2026
- Rt. Rev'd Nicholas Howard Paul Mckinnel since 2022
- The Venerable John Edmund Frank Rawlings AKC since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Austin Richard Gillow King since 2024
- Guy Sutton Sheppard since 2026
- The Reverend Canon Nicholas Paul Fennemore since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189807
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jun 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01626835820 · contact@devonhistoricchurches.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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