FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER

Registered charity 1195675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q137324042 · also known as THE FRIENDS OR FOYM

To advance religion by assisting in the support of York Minster by contributing both financially and in other appropriate ways to its preservation, maintenance, beautification and ministry. In particular:1. widen public awareness of York Minster2. sustain & develop a network of people who love & support the Minster3. maintain and develop the music4. aid the upkeep of the Archive & Library

Objects

TO ADVANCE RELIGION BY ASSISTING IN THE SUPPORT OF THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF ST PETER IN YORK (THE MINSTER) BY CONTRIBUTING BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN OTHER APPROPRIATE WAYS TO ITS PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, BEAUTIFICATION AND MINISTRY. IN PARTICULAR, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THIS OBJECT:A) TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE, RESTORATION, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC, ORNAMENTS AND FURNISHINGS OF THE MINSTERB) TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THE MUSIC AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WORSHIP AND LIFE OF THE MINSTERC) TO AID THE UPKEEP OF THE MINSTER ARCHIVE AND LIBRARYD) TO SUSTAIN AND DEVELOP A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND SUPPORT THE MINSTERE) TO WIDEN AWARENESS OF THE MINSTER'S PRESENCE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £221,270, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year due to a significant restricted donation to the York Minster Fund, but maintains adequate resources to continue operations.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Champness
• Helen Gregory
• Julia Charlton-Weedy
• Michael John Morrow
• Michael John Scrowston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Williams
• Peter Emery
• Stephen O'Brien

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MINSTER FELLOWSHIP.

• THE MINSTER FELLOWSHIP income £191k
• THE FRIENDS OF YORK ART GALLERY income £68k
• YORK MINSTER income £12.5m
• YORK MINSTER FUND income £1.4m
• FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL income £41k
• FAITH MINISTRIES income £511k

Side by side with its peers

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