The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Cantus Firmus Trust

Registered charity 1192862 CIO Registered since 2020

Operates: Essex, Suffolk

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.4y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

2
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 8Religious Activities 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 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.

Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

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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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£10k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cantusfirmus.org.uk
Emailsecretary@cantusfirmus.org.uk
Phone01473 719297
Address49 Marlborough Road, IPSWICH, IP4 5AX

Finances

£10,117 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,934£1,639
2022£5,926£5,325
2023£9,968£12,526
2024£9,449£9,494
2025£10,117£8,776

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERSTANDING, WORSHIP AND MISSIONFOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS, GROUPS OF CHRISTIANS, PRACTITIONERS, ENQUIRERS AND LEARNERSBY MEANS OF THE CREATIVE ARTS - INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMONSTRATIONS OF AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HIGH QUALITY MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA - TOGETHER WITH THE ASSOCIATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND TO SUPPORT SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY THE PROVISION OF MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF GRANTSIN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM,BUT PRINCIPALLY IN THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX AND SUFFOLK

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Dec 2020

Trustees (8)

8trustees
77median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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