THE HEREFORD CATHEDRAL PERPETUAL TRUST

Registered charity 1051168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H C P T, HCPT - HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, HEREFORD CATHEDRAL TRUST, Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust, PERPETUAL TRUST

The Trust raises funds to support the work of the Chapter of Hereford Cathedral.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO WHICH THE CAPITULAR REVENUES OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND ST. ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD ARE APPLICABLE INCLUDING ESPECIALLY:1) THE PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE TO A HIGH STANDARD OF THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE CATHEDRAL (WHETHER SIMPLE OR ELABORATE) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINKS FIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) PROMOTION OF THE RELIGIOUS MUSICAL AND SECULAR EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL IN WHICH INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS GIVEN AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS OBSERVED AND ALSO INCLUDING THE REPAIR MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL OF THE ORGAN OF THE CATHEDRAL THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF ITS MUSICAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF ALL STAFF INCLUDING LAY CLERKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CATHEDRAL; AND2) THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CATHEDRAL GENERALLY.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, HEREFORD

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £7.06m, with £5.78m in unrestricted reserves, which the Trustees consider adequate for operational working capital. The charity reported a net income of £385,512 for the year, supported by significant investment gains, and maintains a strong liquidity position with £781,590 in cash and debtors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FIONA GALLIERS-PRATT
• Katherine Hale Garnier
• Patricia Churchwood
• Prince Charles Raoul de Rohan
• Richard Banks
• The Rt Hon. Philip Martin Dunne · trustee of 3 other charities
• Very Revd Sarah Romilly Denner Brown · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Shropshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.

• THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £122k
• THE ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £166k
• CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND income £430k
• BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST income £3.1m
• CHURCH STREET CHARITABLE TRUST income £291k

Side by side with its peers

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