BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST

Registered charity 801008 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CONNECT APPEAL

The Trust is dormant following the transfer of all assets and liabilities to the incorporated charity Bristol Cathedral Trust Charity No 1198315 in January 2025.

Objects

A. the advancement of religion for the benefit of the general public in accordance with the rites of the Church of England;B. 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 precinct;C. the advancement of education of the general public in the role and the history of the Church of England and of Bristol Cathedral; D. 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; andE. such charitable purposes connected with supporting the charitable work of Bristol Cathedral as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL IN PRACTICE AVON

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)

Latest income
£0
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1989

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 03/11/2022, 3 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£0£2.7m
31/12/2024£73k£255k
31/12/2023£92k£132k
31/12/2022£66k£145k
31/12/2021£85k£40k