St Peter’s and St Paul’s Marlborough Trust Limited was formed in 1978, when St Peter's church was in need of repair and could not be supported by the parish. With a proposal to tear down this magnificent building, the Mayor of Marlborough, Alderman Jake Seamer, led the way in finding alternative use for the building, and four years later a charitable Trust was formed to preserve the building and to ensure its continued use for the benefit of the local community. Considerable voluntary effort, fund-raising and repair work followed over the next 30 years to ensure that the building was properly restored with the help of English Heritage and Lottery funding, so that the church can now operate as intended, providing the community with a centre available for hire for concerts, lectures, and meetings, while at the same time being able to show off this historic building in all its restored glory to visitors from near and far.