01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 1 September 2021
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £145,788
- Latest expenditure
- £151,585
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Friends of York Minster, Former Minster School, 9 Minster Yard, Deansgate, York, North Yo
02 Activities
What the charity does
To advance religion by assisting in the support of York Minster by contributing both financially and in other appropriate ways to its preservation, maintenance, beautification and ministry. In particular:1. widen public awareness of York Minster2. sustain & develop a network of people who love & support the Minster3. maintain and develop the music4. aid the upkeep of the Archive & Library
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
- 22 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £145,788
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £151,585
- 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
- 27 August 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £875,276
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,000,890
- 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
- 7 July 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £114,162
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £339,003
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £202,477
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £81,429
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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
- 22 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £145,788
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £151,585
- 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
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £875,276
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,000,890
- 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
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 7 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £114,162
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £339,003
- 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
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 4 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £202,477
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £81,429
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 19
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 August 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 808058
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 54372
- Income Investments
- 12846
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 875276
- Income Legacies
- 794730
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,000,890
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1000890
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 929290
- Expenditure Governance
- 5350
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 19813
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £221,270
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £308,894
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £85,414
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £223,480
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 85414
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £301,613
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 221270
- Funds Restricted
- 2210
- Funds Total
- 223480
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- North Yorkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2021-09-01T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ON 01 SEP 2021AMENDED ON 02 JUL 2022 as amended on 13 Jun 2026
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE RELIGION BY ASSISTING IN THE SUPPORT OF THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF ST PETER IN YORK (THE MINSTER) BY CONTRIBUTING BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN OTHER APPROPRIATE WAYS TO ITS PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, BEAUTIFICATION AND MINISTRY. IN PARTICULAR, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THIS OBJECT:A) TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE, RESTORATION, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC, ORNAMENTS AND FURNISHINGS OF THE MINSTERB) TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THE MUSIC AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WORSHIP AND LIFE OF THE MINSTERC) TO AID THE UPKEEP OF THE MINSTER ARCHIVE AND LIBRARYD) TO SUSTAIN AND DEVELOP A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND SUPPORT THE MINSTERE) TO WIDEN AWARENESS OF THE MINSTER'S PRESENCE
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 645917
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE FRIENDS OR FOYM
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures