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Registered charity · Somerset

The Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust

The promotion of education of Choristers of the Cathedral by the granting of scholarships or bursaries, payable to the School or any financial assistance the Trustees consider appropriate towards activities which will either directly support the...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £512k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Somerset
Website
www.wcct.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£512k£159k
  • 2024£394k£134k
  • 2023£118k£72k
Earlier years
  • 2022£145k£80k
  • 2021£223k£64k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The promotion of education of Choristers of the Cathedral by the granting of scholarships or bursaries, payable to the School or any financial assistance the Trustees consider appropriate towards activities which will either directly support the learning and development of individual Choristers or support the identification and recruitment of individuals who may benefit from a Chorister education and for such scholarships and bursaries to be tenable by all Choristers for as long as the Sponsors deem appropriate.

Grants received

3 grants · £77,975 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.5y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

6
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 11Religious Activities 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 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 3Education 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£512k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

2
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
1098277
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 21/01/2003AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 25/03/2004AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 19/07/2011 as amended on 10 Feb 2026 as amended on 10 Feb 2026
Contact on the register
01749684738 · clerk@wcct.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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