Registered charity · Chester
The Chester Cathedral Education Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £896 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£896£16k
- 2024£15k£12k
- 2023£40k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£24k
- 2021£106k£16
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY(THE OBJECTS)ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:(A)THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF AN EDUCATION OFFICER AT CHESTER CATHEDRAL;(B)FACILITATING THE USE OF CHESTER CATHEDRAL AS A SITE FOR LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL SPACE;(C)PROMOTING VISITS TO CHESTER CATHEDRAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT EXPLORE THE HERITAGE OF THE BUILDING AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY THROUGH FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY;(D)SUPPORTING VISITS TO CHESTER CATHEDRAL BY SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FUNDS AND ORGANISATIONAL ASSISTANCE;(E)ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR ALL BY PROMOTING THE USE OF CHESTER CATHEDRAL AS AN HISTORIC HERITAGE SITE AND SACRED SPACE AND ENCOURAGING VIEWING OF AND INTERACTION WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS OF ART AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE;(F)ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY TO THE CATHEDRAL TO ALL AGES LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHESTER CATHEDRAL.
Grants received
2 grants · £29,300 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Culham St Gabriel's Trust · £29,300 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Anthony Lees-Smith since 2025
- Carolyn Bruce since 2021
- Jan O'Driscoll since 2021
- Steven Cox since 2022
- The Very Reverend Dr Timothy Richard Stratford since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Jan O'Driscoll since 2021
- Steven Cox since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Anthony Lees-Smith since 2025
- Carolyn Bruce since 2021
- The Very Reverend Dr Timothy Richard Stratford since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1147915
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 27 JUN 2012
- Contact on the register
- 01244327456 · finance@chestercathedral.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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