We are the charity for people who love church buildings.

Our work is dedicated to supporting places of worship of historic, architectural and community value used by Christian denominations throughout the UK.

We do this by:

• Providing grants for urgent repairs and community facilities.
• Helping places of worship keep their buildings in good repair with a wide range of Support and Advice.
• On our ExploreChurches website making it easy for everyone to discover the wonder of the UK’s sacred heritage.

The Trust is the successor to two older charities, the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, founded in 1953 and the Incorporated Church Building Society, founded in 1818.

Why are church buildings important?

For many reasons. There are around 41,000 churches, chapels and meeting houses in the UK. 

Many of these are some of the UK's most important historic buildings; we want to make sure that they are there for future generations to enjoy.

In addition to being used for worship, church buildings are also vitally important community buildings, used for children's nursery classes, lunch clubs for older people and as venues for concerts and exhibitions.

Our aims are:

• To help maintain the UK’s heritage of church buildings and to enhance their ability to serve local communities
• To promote the benefit to communities of church buildings and to inspire everyone to value and enjoy them.

Grants programmes:

We have 3 main grants programme:

• Small grants to support small church building maintenance projects
• Medium grants to support churches develop project plans,
• Large grants to support major structural repair projects at church buildings, and the installation of toilet and kitchen facilities.

Please visit our website for more details, and the latest guidelines, Eligibility criteria and deadline dates. All applications must be made online.