The HCACR Bell Restoration Fund is a registered charity (No. 264847) which exists to provide grants to church authorities to help them provide, maintain or improve bells and bell installations, or maintain the fabric of towers and belfries. The area covered by the Fund is the county of Hertfordshire, although churches in the parishes of Chipping Barnet, Monken Hadley and Great Stanmore are also eligible.

The Fund was created in 1972, since when the value of its assets and the size of the grants awarded have increased steadily. Grants totalling over £170,000 have been made since that time. Apart from investment income, the Fund's income comes from, and as a result of the activities of, ringers within the county. Many towers make an annual donation equivalent to the income from one wedding, there are donations - many covenanted - from individuals, and the Association usually donates its surplus income each year to the Fund. The Association subscription is traditionally set to ensure that around 50% of subscription income can be made available in this way.

Church authorities wishing to apply for a grant from the Fund should send full details of the proposed work, planned timescales, the present fund-raising status, and all estimates received, to the Fund's Secretary.

Following an application for a grant, then, once the Fund's Secretary has all the required information, the Fund's Trustees will meet to discuss the application. If they decide that the proposed work is eligible then they may make a recommendation for a grant at a following Association General Meeting - usually the Annual General Meeting at the end of the following April. The Association itself decides whether to award a grant, and if so then how much, based upon the Trustees' recommendation. Any grant is usually payable at the completion of work, although earlier payment is sometimes possible.

The grants awarded by the Fund since its creation are shown in the table below.

Anybody with any interest in the bells of Hertfordshire is encouraged to donate. For a gift aid and/or standing order form with bank details, please contact the BRF secretary who will be delighted to hear from you!

Year	Tower	Grant	Percent	Estimated cost	Purpose
1974	Sarratt	£100	21%	£476	Rehanging
1975	Stevenage	£50	17%	£300	Bell repair
1976	Ashwell	£100	0.7%	£15,000	Tower repair
1976	Rushden	£100	7%	£1,502	Augmentation
1977	Lemsford	£300	7%	£4,450	New 6
1978	Little Gaddesden	£0	0%	£7,100	New 6
1978	Watton-at-Stone	£500	34%	£1,480	New 8
1978	Albury	£250	18%	£1,355	Augmentation
1979	Ware	£500	2%	£22,000	Tower repair
1979	Nettleden	£200	14%	£1,387	Rehanging
1980	Little Hadham	£500	24%	£2,064	Augmentation
1980	Rickmansworth	£250	43%	£576	Bell repair
1980	Harpenden	£200	1%	£20,000	Tower repair
1980	Knebworth	£200	0.7%	£30,000	Tower repair
1981	Hunsdon	£100	10%	£1,000	Rehanging
1981	South Mymms	£100	0.3%	£30,000	Tower repair
1981	Furneux Pelham	£500	5%	£10,000	Rehanging
1982	Kimpton	£500	5%	£9,357	Augmentation
1982	Great Munden	£200	47%	£300	Bell repair
1983	Hemel Hempstead	£1,000	0.4%	£250,000	Tower repair
1984	Anstey	£250	9%	£2,737	Bell repair
1984	Aldbury	£500	3%	£17,740	Augmentation
1985	Codicote	£500	5%	£10,000	Rehanging
1985	North Mymms	£1,000	6%	£18,060	Rehanging
1985	Great Hormead	£50	8%	£615	Bell repair
1985	Widford	£500	6%	£9,000	Rehanging
1985	Hinxworth	£150	10%	£1,535	Rehanging
1987	Lilley	£600	7%	£8,612	Augmentation
1987	Harpenden	£50	8%	£600	Clappers
1987	Hertford, All Saints	£150	10%	£1,531	Clappers
1987	Tring	£1,000	4%	£25,000	Rehanging
1987	Berkhamsted	£150	3%	£4,416	Repairs
1988	Kings Langley	£500	2%	£30,000	Tower repair
1989	Albury	£400	9%	£4,648	Bell recast
1989	Bishop's Stortford	£200	5%	£4,200	Overhaul
1990	Harpenden	£500	1.5%	£32,000	Recasting
1990	Essendon	£1,500	4%	£37,000	Augmentation
1990	St Albans, St Peter	£1,500	1.1%	£140,000	Restoration
1992	Barnet	£2,000	7.1%	£28,000	Rehanging
1993	Benington	£1,000	25%	£4,000	Rehanging
1993	Bushey Heath	£130	24.5%	£530	Repairs
1993	Standon	£2,500	7.1%	£35,000	Rehanging
1993	Lilley	£1,000	2.56%	£39,000	Tower repairs
1993	Abbots Langley	£2,000	10%	£20,000	Rehanging
1994	Barkway	£2,000	9.5%	£21,000	Rehanging
1994	Flamstead	£2,000	1%	£200,000	Tower repairs
1994	Hertford, St Andrew	£1,000	13%	£7,500	Partial rehanging
1995	Lilley	£500	11%	£4,500	Augmentation
1995	St Albans, St Stephen	£500	13%	£3,750	Bell repairs
1995	Ridge	£2,000	5%	£41,000	Rehanging
1997	Potten End	£500	1.7%	£29,000	Chime
1997	Northchurch	£1,000	15.6%	£6,400	Bell repair
1997	Great Offley	£2,500	8.33%	£30,000	Rehanging
1998	Westmill	£2,500	5.3%	£39,000	Rehanging
1998	Sandon	£2,500	11.4%	£22,000	Augmentation
1998	Kimpton	£1,000	1.67%	£60,000	Tower restoration
1998	Ashwell	£500	11.9%	£4,200	Overhaul fittings
1998	Great Amwell	£300	36.14%	£830	Clapper refurbishment
1999	Stocking Pelham	£500	9.09%	£5,500	Rehanging
1999	Bishop's Stortford, Holy Trinity	£500	5.15%	£9,700	Rehanging
1999	Great Offley	£2,500	8.3%	£30,000	Rehanging
2000	Hemel Hempstead	£1,000	2.94%	£34,000	Tower repairs
2000	Knebworth	£1,000	11.11%	£9,000	Tower repairs
2001	Ashwell	£2,500	8.33%	£30,000	Tower repairs
2001	Wallington	£250	41.67%	£600	New ropes
2002	Little Wymondley	£5,000	22.73%	£22,000	Augmentation
2002	Ware	£2,000	4%	£50,000	Tower repairs
2003	Sawbridgeworth	£10,000	10.42%	£96,000	Tower repairs
2003	Kings Langley	£110	17.74%	£620	Bell repairs
2004	Great Gaddesden	£2,000	10.53%	£19,000	Tower repairs
2004	Welwyn	£1,000	28.57%	£3,500	Bell repairs
2005	Great Berkhamsted	£700	12.33%	£5,675	Sound proofing
2005	Monken Hadley	£500	24.93%	£2,000	Bell repairs
2005	Thorley	£1,000	4.15%	£24,050	Tower repairs
2006	Bishop's Stortford	£3,000	13.9%	£21,588	Bell repairs
2006	King's Walden	£4,500	14.54%	£30,928	Bell repairs
2007	Walkern	£848	21.11%	£4,023	Bell repairs
2007	Codicote	£250	21.28%	£1,175	Tower Repairs
2008	Pirton	£5,000	24.02%	£20,815	Rehanging
2009	Hertford St Andrew	£250	48.73%	£513	Bell repairs
2009	Hemel Hempstead	£1,300	20.00%	£6,500	Refurbishment
2009	Northchurch	£100	27.78%	£360	Clapper repair
2009	St Albans St Michaels	£1,000	10.16%	£9,838	Refurbishment
2009	Hatfield	£2,000	24.19%	£8,267	Bearings
2009	Weston	£9,000	23.84%	£37,748	Turning & refitting
2009	St Albans Abbey	£10,726	3.15%	£340,000	New ring of 13
2010	St Ippolyts	£795	20.18%	£3,939	Bell repairs
2010	Sandon	£2,000	13.82%	£14,467	Tower repairs
2010	Sandridge	£5,000	17.25%	£28,987	Refurbishment
2010	Bushey Heath	£200	17.70%	£1,130	Ropes
2011	Aston	£200	9.61%	£2,081	Bearings
2011	Graveley	£1,000	7.46%	£13,396	Tower repairs
2011	Apsley End	£6,000	20.00%	£35,000	Refurbishment
2012	Baldock	£10,000	1.30%	£770,000	Tower repairs
2012	Hitchin	£11,000	6.92%	£159,000	Major work
2013	Pirton	£1,000	18.18%	£5,500	False ceiling
2014	Bushey	£10,000	11%	£90,000	Major work
2015	Widford	£6,000	16%	£35,000	Tower repairs
2015	Ware	£7,500	10%	£75,000	Tower repairs
2016	Great Stanmore	£1,000	4%	£25,000	Bell repairs
2017	Broxbourne	£5,000	9.52%	£52,496	Tower repairs
2017	Thorley	£250	9.26%	£2,700	Wheel
2018	Norton	£150	33.78%	£444	Clapper Repair
2018	Much Hadham	£7,000	11.24%	£62,275	Refurbishment
2019	Cottered	£2,000	24.52%	£8,156	Augmentation
2020	Furneux Pelham	£2,928	53.33%	£5,490	Lower Ringing Room
2021	Little Munden	£5,000	10.48%	£47,725	Replace Bell Frame
2021	Redbourn	£250	24.51%	£1,020	Rebush Clappers
2022	Weston	£300	10.81%	£2,775	Stay box
2022	Hertford, All Saints	£2,500	12.33%	£20,275	Rehang
2022	Bishop's Stortford	£13,500	10.55%	£127,962	Augmentation
2023	Great Amwell	£5,000	6.62%	£74,582	Tower repais
2023	Hitchin	£470	10.00%	£4,700	Rope Guides
2023	Tring	£400	10.00%	£4,000	Refurbishment