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THE CATHOLIC SACRED ARTS TRUST

Registered charity 1186682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the arts in the building and decoration of Catholic places of worship and prayer in England.Promoting the design and installation of sacred mosaics in Roman Catholic places of worship in England, in particular the vaults of Westminster Cathedral, using pre-renaissance Byzantine principles and methods.Promoting the singing of Gregorian chant in Roman Catholic places of worship

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Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£3.0m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a surplus of £23,423 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held at £5,416,578. The Trustees confirmed that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: C S Reeve-Tucker received £4,000 for accountancy services.
“During the year, one or more Trustees has been paid remuneration or has received other benefits from the Charity. Fees were paid to C S Reeve-Tucker for accountancy services provided under a service level agreement approved by the trustees. The value of Trustees' remuneration and other benefits was £4,000 (2024 - £4,000).” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee loan
“During the year a Trustee, Sir C Sweeting, loaned funds to the subsidiary Walsingham Capital Limited. At the balance sheet date the amount due to the Trustee was £100,480 (2024 - £51,600).” — page 39
“During the year, payments were made for consultancy services totalling £99,501 (2024 - £80,762) to Largeo Pte. Limited based in Singapore. Largeo Pte. Limited is a related party of the Trust due to the association of Mr V Anandraj as Director of both Largeo Pte. Limited and Walsingham Capital Limited.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Consultancy services
“During the year a Trustee, Sir C Sweeting, loaned funds to the subsidiary Walsingham Capital Limited. At the balance sheet date the amount due to the Trustee was £100,480 (2024 - £51,600).” — page 39
“During the year, payments were made for consultancy services totalling £99,501 (2024 - £80,762) to Largeo Pte. Limited based in Singapore. Largeo Pte. Limited is a related party of the Trust due to the association of Mr V Anandraj as Director of both Largeo Pte. Limited and Walsingham Capital Limited.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Former trustee services
“During the year a Trustee, Sir C Sweeting, loaned funds to the subsidiary Walsingham Capital Limited. At the balance sheet date the amount due to the Trustee was £100,480 (2024 - £51,600).” — page 39
“During the year, payments were made for consultancy services totalling £99,501 (2024 - £80,762) to Largeo Pte. Limited based in Singapore. Largeo Pte. Limited is a related party of the Trust due to the association of Mr V Anandraj as Director of both Largeo Pte. Limited and Walsingham Capital Limited.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Walsingham Capital Limited, Sacred Mosaics Limited
“The Trustees present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of The Catholic Sacred Arts Trust ("the Trust") and its subsidiary Walsingham Capital Limited and its subsidiary Sacred Mosaics Limited, together known as the Group” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

WALSINGHAM CAPITAL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Expenditure on behalf of subsidiary Sacred Mosaics Limited: £2,670; Intercompany debtor written off: £150,289
SACRED MOSAICS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Walsingham Capital Limited waived £150,289 and Catholic Sacred Arts Trust waived £58,637 of intercompany creditors, recognized as other operating income. No balances remain outstanding.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£3.0m
Cost of raising funds
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£5.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~21.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (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: 92.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.0m£3.0m
31/03/2024£2.4m£304k
31/03/2023£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2022£2.7m£1.9m
31/03/2021£2.4m£9.9m

Common questions

Is THE CATHOLIC SACRED ARTS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a surplus of £23,423 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held at £5,416,578. The Trustees confirmed that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON1£533k
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED1£256k
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL FUND1£225k
Genesis Foundation1£110k
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£81k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£61k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST1£40k
THE UNION OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY OF GREAT BRITAIN1£36k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CATHOLIC SACRED ARTS TRUST£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt
CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES FY2024£10.9m——unclear—no doubt
ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST FY2024£1.2m—0below—no doubt
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL FY2025£7.1m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.