01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 22 December 2005
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 05588837
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £429,718
- Latest expenditure
- £709,681
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST, 8 The Precincts, CANTERBURY, CT1 2EE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.canterbury-cathedral.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Trust supports the priorities of Canterbury Cathedral, and raises awareness of the site and its significance, its heritage value and its activities. The charity raises funds to: conserve the building and its collections; enhance access and interpretation; develop the site as a centre for learning; promote the choral music tradition; and create sustainable opportunities for craftsmen and women.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £429,718
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £709,681
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £497,392
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,102,312
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 May 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £681,016
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £959,477
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £866,140
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £879,230
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 December 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £1,209,709
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,969,201
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £429,718
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £709,681
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 23 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £497,392
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,102,312
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £681,016
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £959,477
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £866,140
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £879,230
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £5,183
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 16 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £1,209,709
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,969,201
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 May 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 325246
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 355770
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 681016
- Income Legacies
- 235935
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £158,575
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £800,902
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 959477
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 790342
- Expenditure Governance
- 10560
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 96555
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -397648
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £230,155
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6122995
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 6122995
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,188,025
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £637,367
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £7,673,653
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 637367
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,004,603
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6108305
- Funds Restricted
- 1565348
- Funds Total
- 7673653
- Count Employees
- 2
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 563793
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 297164
- Income Other
- 5183
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 866140
- Income Legacies
- 177325
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £151,645
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £727,585
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 879230
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 727585
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 93838
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 406038
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -13090
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £270,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6520643
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 6520643
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,393,776
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £564,657
- Assets Current Investment
- 54613
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,349,762
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 564657
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,339,163
- Funds Endowment
- 764258
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6538695
- Funds Restricted
- 1046809
- Funds Total
- 8349762
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 16 December 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 900357
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 262079
- Income Other
- 47273
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1209709
- Income Legacies
- 731222
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £231,834
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,737,367
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1969201
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1690439
- Expenditure Governance
- 9300
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 231834
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1139891
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £240,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6114605
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 6114605
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,580,301
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £738,092
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £7,956,814
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 738092
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,357,945
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6472337
- Funds Restricted
- 1484477
- Funds Total
- 7956814
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Kent
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2005-12-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/04/2011
- Charitable Objects
- 3.1 THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC AND CONTENTS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL;3.2 THE PROVISION, PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSIC AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL;3.3 THE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL; AND3.4 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CAPITULAR REVENUES OF THE CATHEDRAL ARE APPLICABLE.
- Area Of Benefit
- CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL;
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 341174
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
- Charity Name Id
- 341187
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST
- Charity Name Id
- 341192
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE CANTERBURY GIFT
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Paying staff