Support us via your business

We are very grateful for the support we receive from hundreds of businesses through corporate giving, advertising in our printed publications, and through our Specialist Skills Directory. This generosity helps us support churches in every corner of the UK to remain open and in good repair.

Do you want to get your business involved and help to keep churches thriving at the heart of their communities? Click on the following links to find out more on the opportunities available.

Corporate giving

Whether it is a financial or in-kind gift to the National Churches Trust, you can be assured that your gift will help to keep UK churches open and in use.

These are just some of the projects we’ve been able to support, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. Click on the middle image to read the impact of the National Churches Trust – and what your gift could enable. 

Set up a donation to the National Churches Trust

Email us about in-kind gifts

 

Advertising and sponsorship opportunities

We have three different sponsorship and advertising opportunities available.  Read through the different options and contact us if you’d like to be considered for one of these. You can email Ruby at Ruby.Cosford@nationalchurchestrust.org or call us on 020 72222 0605. 

 

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Sponsor an event

You will ensure that more of the event income can be used to fund our work keeping churches open and in use. Past events include a tour of Wren Churches in London, a Wye Valley Churches Tour, and our annual sell-out Carols by Candlelight concert.

Benefits:
• Your company named as our event partner in digital marketing for the event
• Advertising space in our event guidebook or programme
• Event tickets with networking opportunities

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Place an advert in our Annual Review

• Size of publication: A4
• Circulation: c7,000
• Readership: c14,000
• Published annually between July and August

Our flagship publication, the National Churches Trust’s Annual Review is sent to all our Friends and to decision makers and leaders in the church and heritage sectors. As well as information about our work, each issue features specially commissioned articles from leading public figures. Copies are also sent to churches and chapels who need to find professional help for running and maintenance of their buildings.

A range of advert sizes are available, from 1/16 to a full page. Inside cover page also for sale.

Front cover of the Winter 2025 edition of 'Friends'

Place an advertorial in our biannual supporter magazine 'Friends'

Place an advertorial in our biannual supporter magazine Friends
• Size of publication: A5
• Circulation: c5,600
• Readership: c11,000
• Published in Spring and Winter
Size of publication: A5

This advertising opportunity is the only advert in the magazine and allows you to present a case study of when you have worked with a church alongside a full-size image of your completed work.

Join the Specialist Skills Directory

The Specialist Skills Directory is an online, searchable resource that allows people who volunteer and work at churches to find suitable professionals for the work they need doing. It includes a wide variety of specialist work, from solicitors to stained glass artists and from plasterers to heat pump companies.  

Ensure that your company name and brand can be seen by churches that need your services. You’ll also be listed in our Annual Review, hear about sponsorship opportunities first and be invited to events. All of this comes at just £120 per year, if you pay by Direct Debit (or £144 per year by card). Prices include VAT.  

Join by Direct Debit

Join by Card

 

Why become a member?

As an independent charity that supports churches through advice, guidance and training, and as a grant funder, we are a key point of contact for those who need to maintain, repair or modernise their buildings.

As a member, your company will be featured under the category specific to your trade and you will have a page dedicated to your business, allowing you to promote your products and expertise. 

 

Benefits to your company

  • As an independent charity that supports churches through advice, guidance and training, and as a grant funder, we are a key point of contact for those who need to maintain, repair or modernise their buildings. Our website is regularly visited by more than 90,000 people every month.
  • A company listing in the Specialist Skills Directory on our website for a full year  
  • A listing in our Annual Review, which is distributed to more than 7,000 recipients each summer – including over 2,000 churches – and which also gets given out at events throughout the year
  • Opportunity to be featured on our social media channels
  • Logos for you to use both online and in print
  • Event invitations  

     

Hear from Specialist Skills Directory members on why they decided to join

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Ion Glass

"When a churchwarden contacts you and specifically says ‘ I read your article in the National Churches Trust magazine’ it’s a good indicator that Ion Glass is reaching the right audience for our bespoke products and services. As experts in structural glass installations in churches and heritage buildings it makes sense to ensure Ion’s contact details are easily accessed by this very specific market. It was a natural choice for Ion Glass to also secure a listing in the National Churches Trust’s Specialist Skills Directory – we appreciated the helpful support provided by the National Churches Trust’s team to ensure the listing met our requirements!" – Deborah, Ion Glass

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Michael Swords Studio

Michael Swords Studio

"We joined the Specialist Skills Directory because it offers a practical way to support the National Churches Trust’s work and help communities care for historic buildings and places. The directory enables people to find appropriate specialist advice more easily and with greater confidence, particularly where conservation decisions may feel complex or unfamiliar. It is valuable to be part of a network that shares knowledge, promotes good practice and helps make specialist expertise more accessible to Church communities. Supporting the directory is, above all, a way of contributing to the long-term care of historic Churches, and to the communities responsible for their future." – Michael Swords, Michael Swords Studio

Universal stone

Universal Stone Limited

"We’re proud to support the National Churches Trust and the important work it does to protect historic churches across the UK. Over the years, Universal Stone has worked with the National Churches Trust both on restoring churches and through advertising and promotions. Being part of the Specialist Skills Directory is a great way for churches to find trusted expertise, while also giving our specialist restoration and stone services the visibility they deserve. We’re very happy to continue supporting the National Churches Trust and the heritage it helps to preserve, including the valuable campaign work to protect and sustain churches for future generations." – Natalie Moodey, Universal Stone Limited 

Join today

If you have a question or would like to discuss membership, benefits, advertising, or events, please contact Ruby at Ruby.Cosford@nationalchurchestrust.org or call us on 020 7222 0605.