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WREN LANDFILL TAX GRANTS

On behalf of WREN (Waste Recycling Environmental Limited), the Friends of Kent Churches offer grants under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS). WREN distribute the funds available from the WRG (Waste Recycling Group) companies, and we cover the part available to religious buildings.

Grants are potentially available to all churches and chapels within a 10 mile radius of a WRG landfill site. To see if your religous building falls into one of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme boundaries click here.

Grants are restricted for specific purposes set out in Entrust's "Objective E", which covers maintenance, repair and restoration of places of religious worship (see note)

To be eligible, buildings must be open to the public for at least some of the time.

If you have already made an application for an FKC grant, there is no need to apply separately for a WREN LTCS grant, since we consider both types of grant together.

To apply for a grant:

Check that you are willing to abide by:

and if so post the following to Margaret Prevett

  • The form (downloadable or obtainable from the LTCS liaison officer) filled in, either typed or in handwriting in black ink so that we can photocopy it.
  • Consents permissions and agreements
  • A copy of your most recently audited accounts. Please also include the accounts of any associated bodies (eg Friends) who have the upkeep of the church as their main objective.
  • Grants cannot be paid for work that begins before we register the project with ENTRUST (see timetable below)

For more details, see note

Timetable:

We offer grants twice a year: at meetings of the Grants Committee in June and September. The sequence of events is as follows:

  • Applications should be sent to the LTCS liaison officer by 1st May or 1st November. We will try to fit in applications received after this if possible. In any case it is as well to send in applications as soon as they are ready, and to give the LTCS liaison officer warning of applications to be made near the deadline.
  • When we receive your application, we will check it and probably contact you to discuss the work and your funding. We do not have formal architectural or financial requirements, leaving those to your architects and treasurer, and the church and civil authorities. However we do check that the proposals are sensible and meet ENTRUST requirements, and we do want to understand your true need. We are also likely to arrange a visit to see the proposed work and discuss your finances with you.
  • In early June and early December the Grants Committee meets to consider the applications, and to draw up proposed grant offers.
  • In early July and early January the grant offers are notified to the Executive Committee, and the LTCS liaison officer will then let you know of the success of your application.
  • When all the requirements for the registration with the ENTRUST are met (eg consents, permissions and agreements), the LTCS liaison officer will register your project with ENTRUST. Grants cannot be paid for projects where work begins before they are registered.
  • During the work, ENTRUST may audit your project (see note)
  • When the work has been done, or at least an architect's certificate has been issued for part of it exceeding the value of the grant, send a copy of the certificate to the LTCS liaison officer who will arrange payment to you. If you do not have an architect supervising the work, please contact the LTCS liaison officer to agree an equivalent proof that work to the value of the grant has been done satisfactorily.
  • Grant offers are valid for one year. If you have not claimed your grant in that time, the offer will be reviewed and may be withdrawn if the project is not proceeding.