BRECON CATHEDRAL CHOIR TRUST

Registered charity 1093670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To offer to all choristers serving at Brecon Cathedral tuition on a musical instrument or singing lessons in addition to their choral training in the Cathedral choir.To secure the arrangements for the employment of a full time Organist and Director of Music and of a part time assistant, to have oversight of the choristers musical education as above.

Objects

TO OFFER TO ALL CHORISTERS, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR ADMISSION AS FULL CHORISTERS UNTIL THE END OF THEIR FULL-TIME STATUTORY EDUCATION, TUITION ON A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OR SINGING LESSONS IN ADDITION TO THEIR CHORAL TRAINING IN THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST BRECON IN THE DIOCESE OF SWANSEA AND BRECON

Area of benefit: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST BRECON IN THE DIOCESE OF SWANSEA AND BRECON

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

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Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on an income deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £87,435 against total income of £39,819. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,435,946, supported by significant investment assets valued at £1,410,780. The trustees anticipate a medium-term income deficit until a permanent Director of Music is appointed in September 2025, but note that free cash is expected to stabilize between £10,000 and £20,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
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Trustees · trustee networks

GLORIA JONES-POWELL
MAURICE PARRY
MR GEOFFREY DAVIES · trustee of 2 other charities
RHIANNON LLOYD
Rev Steven Ellsworth Griffith · trustee of 2 other charities
The right reverend John Dereck Percy Lomas

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea · Powys

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£40k	£87k
31/12/2023	£39k	£58k
31/12/2022	£37k	£48k
31/12/2021	£35k	£41k
31/12/2020	£40k	£43k

Common questions

Is BRECON CATHEDRAL CHOIR TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated on an income deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £87,435 against total income of £39,819. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,435,946, supported by significant investment assets valued at £1,410,780. The trustees anticipate a medium-term income deficit until a permanent Director of Music is appointed in September 2025, but note that free cash is expected to stabilize between £10,000 and £20,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.