Registered charity · Chester
Chester Cathedral Music Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £270 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.chestercathedral.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£270£31k
- 2024£3k£2k
- 2023£7k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£72k£10k
- 2021£15k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHORAL MUSIC, AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SAME BY:A) SUPPORTING THE CHOIR AT CHESTER CATHEDRAL THUS HELPING TO ENSURE THE TRADITION IS MAINTAINED AND DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE CATHEDRAL’S WORSHIP HERITAGEB) PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING IN CHESTER CATHEDRAL AND ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF CHESTERC) REFURBISHING AND MAINTAINING THE CHESTER CATHEDRAL GRAND ORGAND) EDUCATING YOUNG CHORISTERS IN THE NORTH WEST BY SUPPORTING OR ASSISTING IN VOCAL OR INSTRUMENTAL TUITION
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.
4 trustees on the board
- The Very Reverend Dr Timothy Richard Stratford Chair since 2018
- Colin Henry Waker since 2025
- Philip Rusforth MA Arco since 2014
- The Reverend Canon Rosemary Helen Woodall since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- The Very Reverend Dr Timothy Richard Stratford Chair since 2018
- Philip Rusforth MA Arco since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Colin Henry Waker since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- The Very Reverend Dr Timothy Richard Stratford Chair since 2018
- Philip Rusforth MA Arco since 2014
- The Reverend Canon Rosemary Helen Woodall since 2024
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1158699
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 02/04/2014AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 09/09/2014
- Contact on the register
- 01244500963 · office@chestercathedral.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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