CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO
Registered charity 1156729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Raises funds to support Chichester Cathedral for:The restoration, development and maintenance of the Cathedral. The promotion and improvement of the musical and educational facilities. The restoration, development and maintenance of other buildings in the Cathedral Close. Such other charitable objects and charitable activities as are normally undertaken by the Dean and Chapter.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,397,307 from £1,563,501 in the prior year, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising fell significantly to £320,419 from £189,798. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £560,619, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £230,000, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: minimum of £230,000 of unrestricted funds (held: £561k)
“The Trustees consider that a minimum of £230,000 of unrestricted funds should be retained in cash reserves and short-term investments at any one time” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Chichester Cathedral Restoration Trust Events Limited
“In 2001 the Trustees established a trading subsidiary called Chichester Cathedral Restoration Trust Events Limited. It undertakes activities that could be regarded as trading, including the management of the biennial Festival of Flowers” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£162k
Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- IAN BUCKLEYchair
- Charles Roderick Worsley
- Jeannie Whitman Esdaile
- John Bruell · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rebecca Mayhew
- Rev Earl Collins
- Rev Edward Dowler
- Roger Walkinton
- Thalia Brotherton-Ratcliffe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,397,307 from £1,563,501 in the prior year, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising fell significantly to £320,419 from £189,798. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £560,619, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £230,000, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
Who funds CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO as a grant recipient include The Patricia Routledge Foundation.
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