BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST

Registered charity 1198315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust assists the Cathedral Chapter in maintaining the fabric of the Cathedral, advancing education in the role of the Church and the history of the Cathedral, and meeting the costs of maintaining the choral tradition. The Trust also assists in promoting the development of the Cathedral.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (OBJECTS) ARE:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RITES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC AND CONTENTS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL AND ITS PRECINCTS;3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ROLE AND THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL;3.1.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC BY SUPPORTING THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF MUSIC AND THE ANGLICAN CHORAL TRADITION AT BRISTOL CATHEDRAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND3.1.5 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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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Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,076,987, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of holding at least £100,000 in cash and liquid assets. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Total incoming resources for the year were £3,129,659, largely driven by a one-off transfer of net assets from a related unincorporated charity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 17/09/2024, 322 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 21/12/2022 (received 31/01/2024, 102 days after the 21/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN ROYSTON PARSONSchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Michael McCaldin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ros Kennedy
• Elizabeth Alexandra Byrd Napier · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE OAKLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Katherine Joanna ODonnell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen James Smith · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL CATHEDRAL.

• BRISTOL CATHEDRAL income £2.3m
• THE BRISTOL CATHEDRAL CHORAL FOUNDATION income £46k
• THE ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £166k
• LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL COMMITTEE income £67k
• CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO income £1.4m
• BRISTOL BACH CHOIR income £31k

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