CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL FRIENDS

Charity number: 1158498
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Chichester Cathedral Friends (the Friends) fund projects proposed by The Dean & Chapter of Chichester Cathedral. Chichester Cathedral Friends organises and runs a programme of social, cultural and educational activities which are made available to members and non-members.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £50,186
Total expenditure: £31,855

People

11 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • East Sussex
  • West Sussex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 October 1966: Standard registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ROBERT SIMON PARNELL BELL Trustee 22 October 2025
None on record
ANDREW DUNCAN GARDINER Trustee 26 June 2025
None on record
Christopher Andrew Verney Trustee 13 June 2024
None on record
Malcolm Alexander Gill Trustee 13 June 2024
None on record
John Melville GARDNER Trustee 08 June 2023
None on record
Philip Hugh JONES Trustee 08 June 2023
CHANTRY QUIRE
Received: On time
Karon Jane Read Trustee 26 April 2023
None on record
John Alun Siebert Trustee 26 October 2021
THE SIEBERT CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
Margaret Sarah Gibson Trustee 28 April 2021
None on record
Graham Kenneth Toole-Mackson Trustee 27 October 2020
FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ARUNDEL
Received: On time
Howard Graham Castle-Smith Trustee 15 June 2017
THE HOSPITAL OF THE BLESSED MARY, COMMONLY CALLED ST MARY'S, HOSPITAL, CHICHESTER
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £86.90k £86.90k £52.74k £48.36k £50.19k
Total expenditure £49.04k £49.04k £75.06k £30.86k £31.86k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 23 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 23 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 02 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 02 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 20 November 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 20 November 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 13 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 13 October 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 July 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 July 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - Association Registered 09 Sep 2014

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE RELIGION BY ASSISTING IN THE SUPPORT OF THE CATHEDRAL AND CONTRIBUTING BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN OTHER APPROPRIATE WAYS TO ITS PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, ENHANCEMENT AND MINISTRY AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF BUT NOT OTHERWISE: 3.1 TO ENCOURAGE AND NURTURE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CATHEDRAL IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE DIOCESE AND THE WIDER WORLD; 3.2 TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE DEAN AND THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE FACILITIES, AND SERVICES, AND TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THE CATHEDRAL’S MISSION.

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 1158498-1 FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
Governing document
CONSTITUTION DATED JUNE 1956, AS AMENDED 15TH JUNE 1991
Charitable objects
A) TO AROUSE AND FOSTER INTEREST IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH AND B) TO CO-OPERATE WTH THE DEAN AND CHAPTER IN MAINTAINING THE SERVICES, FABRIC, FITTINGS, ORNAMENTS, FURNITURE AND MONUMENTSOF AND IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH.
Area of benefit
CATHERDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY IN CHICHESTER.
Registration history
  • 27 October 1966 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
Chichester Cathedral Friends
Cathedral Cloisters
Canon Lane
CHICHESTER
West Sussex
PO19 1PX
Phone:
01243 782595
Email:
ccfhonsec@gmail.com
Website:

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