Southern Cathedrals Festival Society
Registered charity 239593 Registered since 1965
Operates: Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire
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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
- Dr Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler since 2024
- Harriet Sawbridge since 2019
- James Fletcher
- Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopulos since 2018
5.7y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Harriet Sawbridge since 2019
- Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopulos since 2018
6.2y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Harriet Sawbridge since 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowler since 2024
- James Fletcher
- Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopulos since 2018
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Religious Activities 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 3General Charitable Purposes 2Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.
Other services 4Education 2Retail and trade 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£34k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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
- Chichester Cathedral Choristers' Association's Scholarship Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Harnham Water Meadows Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Foreign Anglican Church and Educational Association Limited 1 shared trustee
- Liebenrood Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Salisbury Cathedral Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Morse-Boycott Bursary Fund 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.southerncathedralsfestival.org.uk |
| Phone | 01722327801 |
| Address | CROWN CHAMBERS, BRIDGE STREET, SALISBURY, SP1 2LZ |
Finances
£82,685 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £9,707 | £42,920 |
| 2022 | £41,769 | £55,167 |
| 2023 | £33,917 | £45,509 |
| 2024 | £33,993 | £80,034 |
| 2025 | £82,685 | £118,724 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Other Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE ENGLISH CATHEDRAL MUSIC IN THE SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ARRANGE AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC IN ONE OF THE THREE SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS IN ROTATION.
Governing document: DEED DATED 17 APRIL 1963, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 19 JUNE 2002
Trustees (4)
4trustees
59median age
0aged 70+
- Dr Robert Edward Mackenzie Dowlerage band 55-59 since 2024
- Harriet Sawbridge since 2019
- James Fletcher
- Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopulosage band 60-64 since 2018
Connected charities (13)
- Liebenrood Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- The Foreign Anglican Church and Educational Association Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Morse-Boycott Bursary Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
- The Salisbury Cathedral Trust 1 shared trustee
- Chichester Cathedral Choristers' Association's Scholarship Trust 1 shared trustee
- TPS Realisations 2024 1 shared trustee
- The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Chichester 1 shared trustee
- The Harnham Water Meadows Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Magna Carta Trust for Salisbury Cathedral 1 shared trustee
- The Association of English Cathedrals 1 shared trustee
- The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Salisbury 1 shared trustee
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