Registered charity (CIO) · Chichester
Chichester Cathedral Restoration and Development Trust CIO
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- IAN BuckleyChair · since 2016
- Charles Roderick WorsleyTrustee · since 2025
- Jeannie Whitman EsdaileTrustee · since 2020
- John BruellTrustee · since 2021
- Rebecca MayhewTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Earl CollinsTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Edward DowlerTrustee · since 2024
- Roger WalkintonTrustee · since 2023
- Thalia Brotherton-RatcliffeTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.chichestercathedral.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£504k
- 2024£1.6m£1.9m
- 2023£3.6m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£412k£382k
- 2021£1.1m£646k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE RESTORATION,IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY IN CHICHESTER, ITS FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND PRECINCTS.2. THE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MUSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR BURSARIES FOR CHORISTERS, PROBATIONERS, SINGING BOYS OR MEN ASSOCIATED OR CONNECTED WITH THE CHOIR OF THE SAID CATHEDRAL CHURCH SO AS TO DEVELOP EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE STANDARD OF AND THE MUSIC OF THE CHOIR IN DIVINE SERVICE AND IN THE RELIGIOUS MINISTRATIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE RITES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS BY LAW ESTABLISHED AND SO AS TO GIVE THE CHORISTERS AND OTHERS THE BEST POSSIBLE MUSICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION.3. THE RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OTHER BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OR OF WHICH THE DEAN AND CHAPTER MAY BE CUSTODIANS FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING THE EXTENSION AND ENLARGEMENT OF ANY BUILDING OR PROPERTY AS AFORESAID OUTSIDE THE PRESENT CONFINES THEREOF.4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS ARE NORMALLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEAN AND CHAPTER BY THE APPICATION OF FUNDS DISPOSABLE BY THEM FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
Grants received
3 grants · £340,000 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £300,000
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £30,000
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- IAN Buckley Chair since 2016
- Charles Roderick Worsley since 2025
- Jeannie Whitman Esdaile since 2020
- John Bruell since 2021
- Rebecca Mayhew since 2024
- Rev Earl Collins since 2025
- Rev Edward Dowler since 2024
- Roger Walkinton since 2023
- Thalia Brotherton-Ratcliffe since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- IAN Buckley Chair since 2016
- Jeannie Whitman Esdaile since 2020
- Thalia Brotherton-Ratcliffe since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- IAN Buckley Chair since 2016
- Charles Roderick Worsley since 2025
- Jeannie Whitman Esdaile since 2020
- Rebecca Mayhew since 2024
- Rev Earl Collins since 2025
- Rev Edward Dowler since 2024
- Roger Walkinton since 2023
- Thalia Brotherton-Ratcliffe since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- John Bruell since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156729
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Apr 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01243812480 · trust@chichestercathedral.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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