# FRIENDS OF ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIRS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146575
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR, FOCC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 26, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1146575


## Contact

- **Address:** 8 College Lane, BURY ST. EDMUNDS
- **Postcode:** IP33 1NN
- **Phone:** 01284766865



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND GRANTS TO ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR.B) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN CHORAL SINGING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND GRANTS TO THE CHOIR.C) TO PROMOTE THE ART OF CHORAL MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

**Activities:** The organisation makes grants to St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir in order to promote the education and training of choir members and to enhance the choir's role as a major component in the worship and life of the cathedral and the diocese. The grants include funds for the provision of robes, sheet music and the defraying of expenses incurred on visits or tours by the choir to any part of the world.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £60277 | £35438 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £47986 | £47789 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £28942 | £14959 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £13938 | £22056 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £6810 | £532 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **HELENE MARGARET FRANCES UTTING** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 24, 2024
- CRISTINA BUDDEN — appointed Jan. 23, 2022
- Dr Aruna Stannard — appointed April 18, 2023
- Dr David Julian Peter Ellis — appointed Oct. 21, 2025
- FIONA KNAPP — appointed Dec. 8, 2019
- GEOFFREY HOUSE — appointed Dec. 8, 2019
- Josephine Sarah Louise Lovell Waters — appointed Feb. 5, 2023
- Judith Broadway — appointed Dec. 6, 2015
- LUCY MILLARD — appointed Jan. 23, 2022
- PHILIPPA WEYERS — appointed June 11, 2017
- REBEKAH LOUISE ELLIS — appointed Feb. 4, 2024
- Rosamund Anne de Cova — appointed Jan. 23, 2025
- STEPHEN CHARLES DART — appointed April 4, 2012
- STEWART ALDERMAN — appointed Nov. 22, 2011
- TERESA LOUISE STARK — appointed June 9, 2023
- VALERIE MARGARET MOORE — appointed Nov. 22, 2011