SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS FESTIVAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 239593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Arranges annual festivals of English Cathedral Music with four to five days of services and concerts based around the daily liturgy, based alternately in Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ENGLISH CATHEDRAL MUSIC IN THE SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ARRANGE AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC IN ONE OF THE THREE SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS IN ROTATION.

Area of benefit: SOUTHERN CATHEDRAL CITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £34,646 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £118,727. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler · trustee of 6 other charities
• Harriet Sawbridge
• James Fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopulos · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Dorset · East Sussex · Hampshire · West Sussex · Wiltshire

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