THE FRIENDS OF ST GREGORYS MINSTER KIRKDALE

Registered charity 700344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide financial support for conservation, maintenance, improvement and public understanding of church and curtilage; sponsor the annual Kirkdale Lecture on aspects of the Minster in its parochial and regional context; publish the Kirkdale Monograph series based on the Lectures; and informally provide educational and informational resources for Friends, JCC and general public.

Objects

THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS SHALL BE TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE JOINT CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KIRKDALE AND ST HILDA'S IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE IN THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC AND CURTILAGE OF ST GREGORY'S MINSTER INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF UTILITY SERVICES THERETO AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES THERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CONGREGATION AND VISITORS AS MAY BE REQUISITE FROM TIME TO TIME AND SECONDLY TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE BUILDING, ITS HISTORY AND ITS WORK, AND FOR ALL THESE PURPOSES TO SEEK TO BRING TOGETHER ALL THOSE WHO HAVE A COMMON INTEREST AND REGARD FOR THIS ANCIENT MINSTER.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 is in a healthy financial position, with total net assets increasing to £108,927 from £83,961 in the previous year. The charity reported no liabilities at year-end and held cash funds of £64,768 alongside investment assets valued at £39,970.

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Diana Pearce
• Dr Farrell Phillips Burnett
• JOHN NEVILLE TURNER MA
• James Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Shaw
• Rev Antony Pritchett
• Tim Ramsdale

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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