THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST WILFRID IN RIPON

Registered charity 1204456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIPON CATHEDRAL

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Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small unrestricted deficit of £60k for the year, which included a £40k depreciation charge, resulting in a modest cash deficit of £20k. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £319,860, which the trustees confirm is equivalent to over three months' normal expenditure and is in compliance with their reserves policy. The charity has no debt and its investment portfolio delivered a net gain of £545,000, ending the year valued at £5.1m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Number of employees receiving in excess of £60,000 p.a. 1” — page 40

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“Number of employees receiving in excess of £60,000 p.a. 1” — page 40

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months' normal operating expenditure (held: £320k)

“Chapter seeks to ensure that, at any point in time, unrestricted cash is in excess of 3 months’ normal operating expenditure.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £26.2m

“A valuation of the DBS is carried out once every three years, the most recent having been carried out as at 31st December 2016. The overall deficit in the DBS was £26.2m.” — page 42

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Carol Pyrah — Chief Operating Officer (source)
Anne Groves — Chief Financial Officer (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.

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£614k

Reserves (reported)

£320k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

John Dobsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Julie White · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev MATTHEW POLLARD · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Michael Gisbourne · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Wendy Dalrymple · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Noake · trustee of 2 other charities
Sir Andrew Lawson-Tancred · trustee of 1 other charity
The Ven Clive Mansell · trustee of 1 other charity
Thomas Edward Fielden · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.9m	£2.3m
31/12/2023	£1.9m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST WILFRID IN RIPON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small unrestricted deficit of £60k for the year, which included a £40k depreciation charge, resulting in a modest cash deficit of £20k. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £319,860, which the trustees confirm is equivalent to over three months' normal expenditure and is in compliance with their reserves policy. The charity has no debt and its investment portfolio delivered a net gain of £545,000, ending the year valued at £5.1m. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST WILFRID IN RIPON earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST WILFRID IN RIPON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST WILFRID IN RIPON as a grant recipient include CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST	FY2024	£30k
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST	FY2021	£20k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/11/2007	£514k	"Discovering Ripon Cathedral"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/11/2006	£47k	"Your Passport to Ripon Cathedral's Heritage"