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.

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

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.

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 £148k
• HEREFORD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL income £13.6m
• THE OLD HEREFORDIAN FUND CIO income £226k
• THE HEREFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £6.0m
• CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND income £430k

Side by side with its peers

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