The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust

Registered charity 260601 · since 1970conglib.ac.uk·England, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£82,117

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

£16,422

Typical grant (median)

3 published grants

Key takeaways

The Trust makes grants only to the church organisations that appoint its members, so an organisation outside that group should not apply, except for occasional small grants towards books or other publications of interest to the Congregational Library.
The annual report gives annual giving of £82,117 but no grant range, so there is no typical request size to aim for.
The main recipients are three constituent bodies, which receive grants in the proportions of 70% to the United Reformed Church, 20% to the Congregational Federation and 10% to the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or the website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown to get in touch.

Overview

The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 260601).

The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust was founded to create a memorial to Christian ministers forced out of their positions in the Church of England following the Act of Uniformity. Its principal objectives are to provide grant funding to its constituent bodies and to maintain the Congregational Library, and it also continues the Congregational Lectures. Its annual giving was £82,117. Grants to its three constituent bodies are split between the United Reformed Church, the Congregational Federation and the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches, alongside occasional small grants for publications of interest to the Library.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust provides grants to its constituent church organisations, which appoint its members. Its accounts identify three constituent church bodies as the main recipients, and describe support for maintenance of ministry, church and ministerial support, training, conferences, publications and pastoral care. The Trust also says that it makes occasional small grants to assist publication of books and other publications of interest to the Congregational Library. Alongside grant-making, it maintains the Library and continues the Congregational Lectures, which provide an opportunity for scholars to research and contribute to theological thought in the Reformed tradition and the wider Church.

Themes

Congregational publications

Geographic Focus

England; Wales.

What they don't fund

Organisations other than the church organisations which appoint Trust members, except for occasional small grants to assist in the publication of books or other publications which would be of interest to the Library

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

The Trust only makes grants to the church organisations which appoint Trust members.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

For occasional publication grants, books or other publications should be of interest to the Library.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust.

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Grants

3 published grants analysed · median £16,422

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

United Reformed Church · Maintenance of ministry
£57,480year to 31 December 2025
Congregational Federation · Church and ministerial support and ministerial training
£16,422year to 31 December 2025
Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches · Church and ministerial support, training, conferences, publications and pastoral care
£8,215year to 31 December 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£301,988	£311,083	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£313,113	£276,941	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£317,945	£293,586	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£327,136	£226,742	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£332,271	£272,141	£82,117	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

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.