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Berkshire Historic Churches Trust
Berkshire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity (number 288797) based in Newbury, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £41k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Berkshire Churches Trust, R C B C T (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £41k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dr Peter Durrant MBETrustee
- Eleanor ANN RiceTrustee · since 2017
- Graham BarkerTrustee · since 2021
- Graham Mather CBETrustee · since 2019
- Jonathan WelfareTrustee · since 2021
- Lucy Violet Zeal DLTrustee · since 2022
- MR J H L Puxley, DLTrustee
- Robin D Hartley RussellTrustee · since 2022
- Torquil James Montague JohnstoneTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
- Website
- www.berkschurchestrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£41k£38k
- 2024£36k£36k
- 2023£32k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£26k£19k
- 2021£21k£30k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PRESERVATION REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE OR IN ANY PARISH ADJACENT THERETO AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY OF SUCH CHURCHES.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dr Peter Durrant MBE
- Eleanor ANN Rice since 2017
- Graham Barker since 2021
- Graham Mather CBE since 2019
- Jonathan Welfare since 2021
- Lucy Violet Zeal DL since 2022
- MR J H L Puxley, DL
- Robin D Hartley Russell since 2022
- Torquil James Montague Johnstone
Trustees past 6 years
- Eleanor ANN Rice since 2017
- Graham Mather CBE since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Eleanor ANN Rice since 2017
- Graham Mather CBE since 2019
- Jonathan Welfare since 2021
- MR J H L Puxley, DL
- Robin D Hartley Russell since 2022
- Torquil James Montague Johnstone
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Peter Durrant MBE
- Graham Barker since 2021
- Lucy Violet Zeal DL since 2022
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
- 288797
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 6TH FEBRUARY 1984 AS AMENDED ON 2ND JUNE 1998 as amended on 08 Jun 2020
- Contact on the register
- 0163530709
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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