THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST ASAPH CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 1159494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain and look after the historic building of St Asaph Cathedral. To advance and promote the Christian religion of the Church in Wales for the public benefit, offering worship, community outreach in ministry and service in the Elwy Mission Area (which includes St Asaph Parish Church and St Mary's, Cefn Meiriadog) and the wider St Asaph Diocese.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION OF THE CHURCH OF WALES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES IN AND THROUGH THE CATHEDRAL BY PROMOTING THE STATEMENT OF FAITH MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN:• THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH IN WALES.• THE ROYAL CHARTER 1919.• THE WELSH CHURCH ACT 1914.• THE WELSH CHURCH (TEMPORALITIES) ACT 1991.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £37,693 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,051,785. The trustees consider the level of free reserves to be appropriate for financial resilience.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: TRANSLATORS’ TEAROOM LIMITED Companies House 11254656 · Financial health read from its filings

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev NIGEL WILLIAMSchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Brian Paul Whittaker
• Canon Chancellor Michael Henry Haslam
• Canon Professor Paul Mealor LVO
• Emyr Wyn Hughes
• Karen Alison Dixon
• Rev JOHN REX MATTHIAS
• Rev Joshua Christian Askwith
• Rev Martin John Batchelor · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Powys · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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