THE SALISBURY CATHEDRAL GIRL CHORISTERS' FUND

Registered charity 1008158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal object of the charity is the provision of choristerships tenable at Salisbury Cathedral for the education of musical girls between the ages of 8 and 13 (inclusive), thereby enabling them to be Probationers and Choristers at Salisbury Cathedral.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES AT THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR GIRL CHORISTERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 7 AND 14 YEARS.

Area of benefit: SALISBURY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased by £88,554 to £2,628,628, with unrestricted general funds rising to £421,556. The charity maintains a reserves policy to cover one year's grants and holds significant endowment funds of £2,207,072. The trustees report that the revised investment portfolio has subsequently participated in broader market growth.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE RT HON THE COUNTESS OF CHICHESTERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Camilla Goldsbrough
• ESTHER HORWOOD
• Lucinda Frances Coombs · trustee of 2 other charities
• Luke March · trustee of 5 other charities
• Michael John Wade · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBIN CRESWELL
• Rev Anna Macham · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORAL FOUNDATION.

• SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORAL FOUNDATION income £407k
• SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS' ENDOWMENT FUND income £112k
• The Rodolfus Choral Foundation Limited income £542k
• MORLAND CHORISTERS' CAMP income £42k
• LEICESTER CATHEDRAL MUSIC FOUNDATION income £77k
• ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

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