St Aldhelm's Chapel Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust's wider purposes are armed forces health, crime prevention and prisoner rehabilitation, relief of physical and mental illness, advancement of education and relief of poverty, so these are the areas where your work is most likely to fit, since its trustees may fund them only from income left after the chapel is cared for.
- Around 8 in 10 of its 11 grants to organisations fall between £7,500 and £22,000, with a median of £10,000, so a request in that range is a realistic size; its largest grant was £100,000, so that band is typical rather than a limit.
- No geographic focus is stated, and although most grants have gone to Bournemouth and Dorset, that pattern does not limit who may ask.
- The annual report and register entry show no way to apply and no published process, so a short enquiry is the sensible first step before preparing a full request.
- Work well outside the areas listed is unlikely to match its stated purposes.
Overview
St Aldhelm's Chapel Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1199398).
St Aldhelm's Chapel Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, whose principal objective is the preservation and maintenance of St Aldhelm's Chapel for the celebration of divine services. Once that primary purpose has been achieved, its trustees may at their absolute discretion apply surplus income to focused areas: the physical and mental health of HM Armed Forces, the prevention of crime and rehabilitation of prisoners, the relief of physical and mental illness, the advancement of education and the relief of poverty. According to its annual report, it paid £200,303 in its most recent reported year.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 25 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust’s principal objective is the preservation and maintenance of St Aldhelm’s Chapel for the celebration of divine services. Its objects also provide for insuring the chapel, keeping it and the features of the burial ground in good repair, maintaining the burial ground, paying a minister, organist and choristers when services are desired, and meeting cleaning, heating, lighting and custodial costs. Once the primary purpose has been achieved, trustees may apply surplus income at their discretion to focused charitable areas: the physical and mental health of HM Armed Forces; prevention of crime and rehabilitation of prisoners; relief of physical and mental illness; advancement of education; and relief of poverty. The trust therefore combines care of its chapel and worship with discretion to support these wider charitable purposes.
Themes
- Chapel maintenance
- Armed forces health
- Crime prevention and rehabilitation
- Physical and mental illness
- Education
- Poverty relief
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Bournemouth and Dorset.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report or its register entry.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 11 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size
Median £10,000 (year to 31 March 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Bournemouth University£100,000year to 31 March 2025
- St Aldhelm's Chapel-memorial£21,606year to 31 March 2025
- The Vale Pantry£12,000year to 31 March 2025
- Cormac Doyle Serenity Project£10,000year to 31 March 2025
- Dorset Search and Rescue£10,000year to 31 March 2025
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care£10,000year to 31 March 2025
- Routes to Roots (Poole) CIO£10,000year to 31 March 2025
- The Clink Charity£10,000year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 whose recipient could not be identified.
3 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2023 | £123,267 | £206,414 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £160,786 | £214,067 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £165,407 | £251,454 | £200,303 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission