ELIGIBILITY CHECKLIST
The checklist below sets out the general principles of which
costs are eligible under the scheme, and is intended as guidance
only. Please note that this is not an exhaustive
list as there may be areas that we have overlooked.
Final decisions will be at the discretion of DCMS.
We recognise that the terminology predominantly corresponds
to features of Church of England places of worship, which
account for the majority of claims on the scheme. Notwithstanding,
the scheme is open to listed places of worship
of all denominations and religions (see Note
1.2 and 1.3) and aims to provide equivalent treatment to listed
places of worship used by other denominations and religions.
Where an invoice covers both eligible and ineligible works,
the applicant should make an apportionment in respect of these
costs.
If you are in any doubt as to whether your claim qualifies
for a grant, please contact the Listed Places of Worship Grant
Scheme direct on 0800 500 3009 .
Building:
- Roofs
- Vestries
- Chancels
- Towers
- Crypts
- Undercrofts
- Parapet
- Purlin
- Re-plastering
- Re-pointing
- Stone works
- Timber (where related to the fabric)
- Rainwater Goods
- Guttering
- Windows
- Window re-glazing
- Window Grilles / Bars
- Transepts
- Pinnacles
- Rhones
- Gables
- Drainage (rainwater, foul water, French drain, trench
arch, or soak-away - all within the boundary walls)
- Floors and floor coverings (only where permanent and within
the fabric of the building. This includes timber, stone,
ceramic, marble or solid floor).
- Bell frames
- Weathercocks
- Spires
- Lightning conductors
- Flagpoles (only if on place of worship)
- Crosses (only if on place of worship)
Internal:
- Doors
- Altars and communion tables (if built into, or permanently
incorporated into the fabric)
- Monuments (if built into, or permanently incorporated
into the fabric)
- Fonts (if built into, or permanently incorporated into
the fabric)
- Wall paintings / Murals
- Kitchens (this includes installation or repair of fitted
kitchens and related electrical and plumbing work. Fixed
items such as water boilers and wall-mounted water heaters
are eligible. Cupboards are only eligible where they are
specially-supplied as part of a fitted kitchen and are either
fixed to the fabric of the building or form an integrated
kitchen facility (excluding any electrical appliances/equipment).Removable
elements such as white goods, dishwashers, cookers kettles
and urns are ineligible).
- Permanently routed heating systems
- Turret clocks (from 1 Oct 2013)
- Bells, and bell ropes (from 1 Oct 2013)
- Bell frames
- Organs that are permanently fixed to the structure
General:
- Damp treatment
- Pest control – provided the pest has, or is likely to
cause damage to the fabric of the building. If the invoice
does not specify the type of pest, this must be included
within the application.
- Works to repair damage to the fabric of the building caused
by bats and mitigation measures to reduce or prevent damage
caused by bats is also eligible.
- Repair of damage caused to the fabric as a result of pests
or metal thefts (including replacement of stolen metals)
are eligible where these expenses are not met by an insurance
provider.
- Asbestos removal
- Locks and hinges
- Stairs
- Pews (kneelers, cushions and hassocks are only eligible
where permanently attached to the pew)
- Cleaning (if as a result of eligible repair, maintenance
or alteration works)
- Preliminaries (for eligible works only)
- Professional fees directly relating to eligible works
(from 1 Oct 2013) see below
- Electrics
- Plumbing (including toilets, hand basins and sinks and
kitchen facilities as outlined above)
- Decoration such as carvings or stonework (where part of
the fabric of the building)
- Investigative works/surveys (only where carried out by
a VAT registered contractor)
- Security and forensic systems to prevent crime (burglar
alarms, roof alarms, CCTV equipment, forensic marking, physical
marking, special fixing, security lighting)
- Handrails (although some may be eligible for zero-rating
if installed as part of other eligible works to the building
for disabled people – See Note 3.5)
Professional Fees
- Architects
- Architectural Technologists
- Surveyors
- Conservation advisors
- Structural engineers
- Bat inspectors
- Archaeologists for work necessary for eligible building
- projects (current or planned)
- Planning supervisors
- Health and safety advisors
- Maintenance plans
- Accredited Conservationists
Internal:
- Audio-visual systems or components of systems
- Free-standing or fixed/detachable altars
- Free-standing or fixed/detachable fonts
- Free-standing or fixed/detachable monuments
- Detachable floor coverings – carpets, vinyl, removable
tiles>
- Decorative soft furnishings
- Items which constitute a moveable piece of furniture
- Areas of the building used for accommodation (see note
below)
External:
- Pavings
- Tree removal (lopping where necessary to preserve the
fabric of the building is eligible)
- Ancillary buildings and structures such as boundary walls,
gravestones and graveyard monuments, retaining walls, gates,
gardens, lychgates or car parks
- Railings (internal railings that are part of the fabric
of the building are eligible)
General:
- Storage of items (see note on enabling works below)
- Materials alone
- General cleaning
- Local authority charges
- Maintenance plans
- Notice boards
- Shelving
- Cupboards (cupboards are only eligible where they are
specially-supplied as part of a fitted kitchen or form an
integrated kitchen facility which will remain permanently
in position).
- Removable kitchen elements such as white goods, dishwashers
kettles and urns.
- Showers and baths, except where installed to support facilities
for homeless/social & welfare purposes.
- Carpets, removable tiles, decorative soft furnishings
- Fixtures, fittings or decoration for commercial tenants.
Professional fees
- Accountancy services
- Costs associated with undertaking Quinquennial
- inspections
- Local authority fees
- Diocesan faculty charges
- Solicitors and lawyers’ fees
- Fundraising fees
Costs relating to materials cannot be claimed
unless they are supplied as part of eligible work by a VAT
registered contractor. These costs cannot be claimed unless
supported by the related contractor invoice and would usually
be listed within an invoice which also includes building works.
However, listed places of worship with their own works departments
may be able to claim for VAT costs for materials which have
been supplied as part of a broader supply of repair, maintenance
or alteration work by their works department providing this
is registered for VAT or the contractor carrying out the work
is registered for VAT. Costs incurred for materials in relation
to works undertaken by e.g. members of the congregation are
ineligible, unless that person is registered for VAT and a
VAT invoice is produced.
Areas of the building used for accommodation are
not eligible under the scheme. The only exception
to this is where the accommodation is provided for use on
a temporary basis only as a refuge for the homeless or for
similar social/welfare purposes.
Where areas of the listed building are adapted to
provide space for commercial tenants, the scheme
will cover the alteration to the building and the provision
of utilities (electrics, plumbing), but not the cost of any
fit out specific to the commercial tenant.
We expect that historic material and parts will be retained
and re-used wherever possible. Where installations needed
to be moved solely to enable eligible works to be undertaken,
we will only pay to reinstate the minimum level of installation
required to effect the eligible fabric repairs.
Where it is considered most cost effective to remove installations
wholesale before fabric work commences, you should provide
professional verification of this in advance of works commencing
in order to verify the extent of eligibility. We will not
make a grant where these steps are not followed.
Works to furniture, shelving, notice boards and detachable
items are not eligible.
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