By 2021 we had met our target of £245,000. Over £48,000 was in grants, including major support from the EDA Bell Restoration Fund.  Most of the rest came from individual ringers and their families, in recognition of the pleasure and benefits they have received from this activity, typically at minimal cost to themselves. The work could now go ahead!

About half the money went into creating the ringing chamber and the access to it.  The bells are rung from the first floor of the tower which needed some structural alterations and to have the large opening into the nave filled with a glass screen with doors.  The doors open onto a new balcony which is linked by a short staircase to the landing outside the upstairs meeting room.  All this was to a high architectural standard in keeping with the recently built kitchen, toilets and meeting room.

The top stage of the early 19th century tower contained a timber structure which supported a spire until it was taken down in the 1920s. The bottom half of the timber structure needed to be removed, and the top half was supported by a new steel ring beam. That made space for the new bells, a 6cwt (300kg) ring of 6 bells, a tight fit in the tower. The existing windows and openings in the tower were double glazed and made partly openable in order to control the sound level outside. There were two older bells which pre-date the tower: one of about 8cwt (400kg) cast in 1691, and the other a small sanctus bell (around half a cwt) cast in 1780. The large bell was able to be supported by the new steelwork and hung dead as a service bell, whilst the small bell was eventually hung in the ringing chamber as a demonstration bell.

Further funds were spent on equipping the installation with a simulator (to create simulated sound in the ringing chamber during teaching sessions when the clappers are tied and no sound is audible outside) and other teaching aids.  We also created displays of information to interest visitors and encourage them to give ringing a try.

The final requirement for money was to operate and maintain the facility until it became able to sustain itself through charging those making use of it.  We appointed a part time manager so the centre could be open to the public on most days of the week.  Income comes from payments for lessons and from those using the bells, and from giving demonstrations to visitors.  Income was meeting expenditure by the end of 2025.