CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1187769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF CATHEDRAL MUSIC

To advance the education of the public in the art of music with special reference to the Choral Service in Cathedrals, Collegiate Churches and Chapels and other appropriate places of worship.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,112,448 from £1,712,025 in the prior year, primarily due to a reduction in legacy income. Despite this drop, the Charity reported a net movement in unrestricted funds resulting in a surplus of £47,907, supported by increased investment income and donations from Friends and Patrons. The Trustees maintain that free reserves are in line with their policy of holding at least six months' operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Peters Elworthy & Moore. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cathedral Music Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Cathy Dew — Director (source)
• Jonathan Mayes — Chief Executive/CEO (source)
• Jonathan Macdonald — Chair (source)
• Leila Alexander — Director (source)
• Dan Bishop — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Brereton Memorial Fund — “Brereton Memorial Fund” (source page)
• The Colenutt Family Charitable Trust — “The Colenutt Family Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Rainbow Dickinson Trust — “The Rainbow Dickinson Trust” (source page)
• The Pamela Matthews Charitable Trust — “The Pamela Matthews Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks — “The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks” (source page)
• G J Ward Charitable Trust — “G J Ward Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Westminster Foundation — “The Westminster Foundation” (source page)
• The Dick & Charles Williams Trust — “The Dick & Charles Williams Trust” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Angus Macdonaldchair
• Daniel Mark Benton
• Dr David Hill MA FRCO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Isobel Rachel Pinder · trustee of 1 other charity
• GAVIN DOUGLAS LEWIS RALSTON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Giverny Eloise Colleen McAndry
• Graham Timothy Robinson
• Heather Morgan
• James Christopher Gurling OBE
• John Stuart Laing
• Rev Canon Rosemary Helen Woodall
• Simon Giles Toyne

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

Operates in: Ireland · Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Dr Isobel Rachel Pinder — trustee here and at THE CPF TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST.

• ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST income £145k
• WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL income £7.1m
• CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO income £1.4m
• DURHAM CATHEDRAL CHOIR ASSOCIATION income £283k
• MUSIC IN COUNTRY CHURCHES income £155k
• CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND income £430k

Side by side with its peers

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