Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

BRENTWOOD DIOCESEAN CATHEDRAL AND CHORAL TRUST FUND 

The Trustees have expended funds on maintaining the cathedral and funding Ley Clerks to the choir.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 28 years

02038138595

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/22£53£77£-23n/an/an/an/an/a7
30/09/21£62£63£-2n/an/an/an/an/a7
30/09/20£53£53£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£68£69£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18£95£50£46£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£59£141£-82£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£59£42£18£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£62£57£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£61£60£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£115£76£39£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£56£53£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£61£40£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10*£42£44£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£100£34£66£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£63£32£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£110£95£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£364£14£350£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£39£39£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£33£39£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/06/1996, number: 1056374
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR10: 115 days late, AR06: 33 days late, AR04: 4 days late,
Main office

THIRD FLOOR
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE
VICTORIA ROAD SOUTH
CHELMSFORD
ESSEX
CM1 1LN

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES FOR LAY CLERKS AND CHORISTERS AND ORGANISTS OF THE CHOIR OF BRENTWOOD CATHEDRAL IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 6 IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE EXCELLENCE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN THE CATHEDRAL.(11) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FABRIC OF THE BRENTWOOD CATHEDRAL BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 7

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRENTWOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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