BEVERLEY MINSTER OLD FUND

Registered charity 224208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MINSTER OLD FUND

Repair, restoration and maintenance of Beverley Minster.

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Latest income
£313k
Latest spending
£355k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £75,579 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by investment gains despite a deficit on income and expenditure. The trustees maintain free reserves of £171,941, which they consider slightly exceeds their policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' expenditure (held: £172k)
It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain free reserves of the Charity at a level which equates to approximately six months' expenditure. — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31st December 2024.
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31st December 2024. — page 24
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£775k
Total spending
£190k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£322k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~20.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£313k£355k
31/12/2023£775k£190k
31/12/2022£285k£277k
31/12/2021£1.3m£1.8m
31/12/2020£680k£906k

Common questions

Is BEVERLEY MINSTER OLD FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £75,579 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by investment gains despite a deficit on income and expenditure. The trustees maintain free reserves of £171,941, which they consider slightly exceeds their policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Smailes Goldie.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARTIN, BEVERLEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEVERLEY MINSTER OLD FUND£313k0aboveno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARTIN, BEVERLEY FY2024£628k0unclearno doubt
BEVERLEY CONSOLIDATED CHARITY FY2025£1.3m£70,000 - £80,0004unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH ST JOHN BAPTIST BERKSWELL FY2023£156k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HALIFAX FY2024£499k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BEVERLEY FY2025£465k0aboveno doubt

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