The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Francis Neilson Trust Fund

Registered charity 514802 Registered since 1984

Operates: Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral

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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.

9 trustees on the board

5.9y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 9Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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 2Hospitality 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£103k 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01517027244
AddressLIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL, ST. JAMES ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L1 7AZ

Finances

£89,045 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£87,987£83,619
2022£97,596£84,740
2023£106,107£90,481
2024£102,988£131,137
2025£89,045£151,321

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

to pay or apply the income arising therefrom in each year for any or all of the following purposes: a) supporting and promoting the education of the Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral Choir ('Choristers') in cultural and scientific arts; b) such other benefits to or for the Choristers associated with their overall education; c) supporting the provision of special services, not being part of the ordinary or daily activity of Liverpool Cathedral;d) in otherwise promoting the continued existence of Liverpool Cathedral Choir ('the Choir') within the Cathedral including through assisting in the recruitment of Choristers and the promotion of the Choir throughout the Diocese.For the purposes of this clause a Chorister means any Chorister who is under the age of 25

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 06 OCT 1949AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 28 FEB 2013AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 25 JUN 2013AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 31 JUL 2019 as amended on 19 Sep 2019 as amended on 21 Mar 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees
79median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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