RIPON CATHEDRAL DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN

Registered charity 1086760 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Ripon Cathedral Development Trust

The charity adopted the following strategies:a) To build on the successful events programme by improving the quality and profitability of core events;b) To expand the membership of both Patrons and the Music Custodians whilst delivering the benefits of membership;c) To generate income from appropriate Charitable Trusts and Heritage Organisations;d) To maintain a firm control on costs.

Causes: Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £26,774 at year-end, a significant decrease from the previous year's £127,918, following a net deficit of £66,480. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient cash holdings to meet obligations for at least twelve months. Total net assets decreased from £315,747 to £249,267 due to higher charitable expenditure than incoming resources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew James Kitchingman
• John Sayer
• Judith Donovan CBE
• May Christin Thackray
• Mitchel Ingham-Barrow
• Richard Coad
• Rory Kingsley Wardroper
• Sarah Ali
• The Very Revd John Dobson · trustee of 4 other charities
• Victoria Oldham · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
• CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO income £1.4m
• THE ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £166k
• St Edmundsbury Cathedral Trust income £270k
• THE CIRENCESTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD. income £182k
• CATHEDRAL OF HOPE income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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