THE HISTORIC CHAPELS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-21 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£633K
+77.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£435K
+15.5% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £844,565 | £2,034,334 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £162,929 | £58,459 | |
| Cash | — | — | £356,537 | £632,808 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £376,984 | £435,443 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £376,984 | £435,443 | |
| Equity | — | — | £376,984 | £435,443 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+140.9%
£844,565 £2,034,334
-
Cash
+77.5%
£356,537 £632,808
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£376,984 £435,443
-
Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | 19.3% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.64x | 1.90x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to 12 month's expenditure. The trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the charity's current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. This level of reserves has been maintained throughout the year.”
Significant events
- “Re-form Heritage, has agreed to take on Bethesda Methodist Chapel”
- “the Council of Lutheran Churches have declared a willingness to purchase St George's German Lutheran Church”
- “Friends of Friendless Churches for agreeing to take on responsibility for Biddlestone RC Chapel, Coanwood Friends Meeting House, Cote Baptist Chapel and Farfield Friends Meeting House.”
- “A new charity has been registered by a group of local heritage experts in East Budleigh, Devon, which is in the process of taking ownership of Salem Chapel.”
- “The ownership of Grittleton Strict Baptist Chapel in Wiltshire will go to the Shipp family”
- “repair works commenced at Petre Chapel, Essex at the start of 2025/26 and it has been possible to accommodate a first phase of repairs to Walpole Old Chapel, Suffolk”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCKETT, Rachel Stephany | Secretary | 2025-11-20 | — | — |
| BELL, Sophie | Director | 2024-04-08 | Jan 1998 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Joanna | Director | 2024-05-14 | Aug 1959 | British |
| EMERY, Paul | Director | 2024-05-14 | Mar 1978 | British |
| GREEN, Petra | Director | 2024-04-08 | Aug 1967 | British |
| JACOB, William Mungo, The Venerable Dr. | Director | 2021-10-28 | Nov 1944 | British |
| SMITH, Christopher Gordon | Director | 2019-10-31 | Aug 1950 | British |
| STEVENSON, Jean Margaret | Director | 2011-03-18 | Jul 1953 | British |
| WELLINGS, Martin, Reverend Doctor | Director | 2021-10-28 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, Jennifer Margaret, Dr | Secretary | 1993-01-08 | 2012-03-30 |
| JEFFERY, Roland | Secretary | 2012-05-25 | 2018-03-31 |
| BEITH, Alan James, The Right Honourable, Sir | Director | 1993-01-13 | 2014-10-13 |
| BINFIELD, John Clyde Goodfellow, Prof | Director | 2006-10-12 | 2019-10-31 |
| BRUNT, Gregory | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2016-11-03 |
| BURTON, Neil Henry | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2020-01-23 |
| DANCE, Deborah Jane | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2020-10-29 |
| GREGORY, James Hans | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2020-04-30 |
| HAMILTON, Alexander Graham | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2015-06-12 |
| MAWSON, Andrew, Lord | Director | 2008-01-21 | 2013-10-14 |
| PEARCEY, Oliver Henry James | Director | 2006-10-12 | 2019-10-31 |
| RIDDELL, John Charles Buchanan, Sir | Director | 1998-04-21 | 2000-10-11 |
| ROSSI, Anthony Paul | Director | 1993-01-13 | 1997-10-16 |
| ROSSI, Hugh, Sir | Director | 1993-01-08 | 2002-03-05 |
| SAUNDERS, Matthew John | Director | 1993-01-08 | 1995-10-13 |
| SHUTT OF GREETLAND, David Trevor, Lord Shutt Of Greetland | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2010-05-27 |
| STELL, Christopher Fyson | Director | 1993-01-13 | 2013-10-14 |
| VAN MELZEN, Christina Moira | Director | 2002-03-05 | 2010-12-17 |
| VIGARS, Robert Lewis | Director | 1993-03-10 | 2007-10-11 |
| WAKELING, Christopher Geoffrey | Director | 2013-10-14 | 2023-10-02 |
| WELFARE, Humphrey | Director | 2018-10-25 | 2021-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.