CCEW Charity Commission profile

LICHFIELD SHERIFF'S RIDE

Registered charity 1215898 · organisation 5258842

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
New
Charity type
CIO
Registered
24 November 2025
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
Not supplied – Not supplied
Latest income
Not supplied
Latest expenditure
Not supplied
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: 64 Cornfield Drive, Lichfield, WS14 9UG

02 Activities

What the charity does

The organization exists to support, promote and facilitate an annual perambulation of the boundary of theCity of Lichfield, on or near the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as commanded by QueenMary in the Charter of 1553 that separated Lichfield from Staffordshire, making it a separate county withthe right to appoint its own Sheriff.

03 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Staffordshire
Welsh Ind
No

04 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
303
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Other Finance
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
113
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Economic/community Development/employment

05 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
LICHFIELD SHERIFF'S RIDE
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2025-11-24T00:00:00

06 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 24 Nov 2025
Charitable Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORICAL TRADITION OF THE LICHFIELD SHERIFF’S RIDE – THE CEREMONIAL PERAMBULATION OF LICHFIELD WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ANNUALLY BY THE SHERIFFS OF LICHFIELD SINCE IT WAS COMMANDED IN QUEEN MARY’S CHARTER OF 1553.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY, TRADITION, SYMBOLISM AND CULTURE OF THE LICHFIELD SHERIFF’S RIDE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY LECTURES, TALKS, PUBLICATIONS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.