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The Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £618k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Shropshire, Herefordshire
Website
www.herefordcathedral.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£618k£608k
  • 2024£973k£653k
  • 2023£487k£428k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£436k
  • 2021£646k£524k
Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO WHICH THE CAPITULAR REVENUES OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND ST. ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD ARE APPLICABLE INCLUDING ESPECIALLY:1) THE PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE TO A HIGH STANDARD OF THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE CATHEDRAL (WHETHER SIMPLE OR ELABORATE) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINKS FIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) PROMOTION OF THE RELIGIOUS MUSICAL AND SECULAR EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL IN WHICH INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS GIVEN AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS OBSERVED AND ALSO INCLUDING THE REPAIR MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL OF THE ORGAN OF THE CATHEDRAL THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF ITS MUSICAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF ALL STAFF INCLUDING LAY CLERKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CATHEDRAL; AND2) THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CATHEDRAL GENERALLY.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.9y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Religious Activities 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Accommodation/housing 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 5Professional services 2Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£973k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

88.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 48.5 in 2020

1 from 2 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1051168
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 8 NOVEMBER 1995 AS AMENDED 11 JUNE 2008.
Companies House
Company number 03123592 · Active
Contact on the register
01432374261 · georgina.miller@herefordcathedral.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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