THE RIPON CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1154957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIPON CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST

- promote and advance the education of the public in the art of music, particularly (but not exclusively) at or in connection with Ripon Cathedral;- to promote and advance the Christian religion and public worship connected with it through the support of music at or in connection with Ripon Cathedral;

Objects

2.2 THE OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:2.2.1TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC,PARTICULARLY(BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY)AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH RIPON CATHEDRAL;2.2.2 TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND PUBLIC WORSHIP CONNECTED WITH IT THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF MUSIC AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH RIPON CATHEDRAL;2.2.3TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO RIPON CATHEDRAL AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted funds of £2,040,026, derived primarily from an endowment investment fund valued at £1,925,420. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern, noting that equity assets could be realised at short notice to exceed limited committed obligations. The charity reported a net income of £71,202 for the year ended 31 December 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. Discloses 2 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.

• Investment

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR ANDREW PETER LAWSON-TANCREDchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANDREW JAMES KITCHINGMAN
• Alexander Thomas Arthur Duckett Mr
• Frances Dodd
• Helen Keelan-Edwards
• Jeremy Richard Graham
• John Dobson · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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