01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 21 March 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 12978469
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £3,129,659
- Latest expenditure
- £70,790
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Veale Wasbrough Vizards Llp, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, BRISTOL, BS1 4QA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bristol-cathedral-trust.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Trust assists the Cathedral Chapter in maintaining the fabric of the Cathedral, advancing education in the role of the Church and the history of the Cathedral, and meeting the costs of maintaining the choral tradition. The Trust also assists in promoting the development of the Cathedral.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,129,659
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £70,790
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 22 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 22 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 21 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 21 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
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 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 24 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,129,659
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £70,790
- 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
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 24 September 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3057984
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 71602
- Income Other
- 73
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3129659
- Income Legacies
- 350000
- Income Endowments
- 959479
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £988
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £69,802
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 70790
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 19200
- Expenditure Governance
- 17982
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 50602
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -62141
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,055,592
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2574839
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2574839
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £443,440
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £21,551
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,996,728
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 21551
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £78,623
- Funds Endowment
- 941136
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1076987
- Funds Restricted
- 978605
- Funds Total
- 2996728
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bristol City
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-03-21T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 OCT 2020 as amended on 07 Jan 2025 as amended on 24 Jun 2026
- Charitable Objects
- 3.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (OBJECTS) ARE:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RITES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;3.1.2 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 PRECINCTS;3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ROLE AND THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL;3.1.4 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; AND3.1.5 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
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- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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- Social media policy and procedures
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- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests