FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER

Registered charity 1195675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OR FOYM

To advance religion by assisting in the support of York Minster by contributing both financially and in other appropriate ways to its preservation, maintenance, beautification and ministry. In particular:1. widen public awareness of York Minster2. sustain & develop a network of people who love & support the Minster3. maintain and develop the music4. aid the upkeep of the Archive & Library

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£146k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £221,270, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year due to a significant restricted donation to the York Minster Fund, but maintains adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum in the region of £100,000 (held: £221k)

“The Trustees consider that given the nature of the Friends’ work and the current level of free reserves, these should remain as a minimum in the region of £100,000” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£875k

Total spending

£1.0m

Reserves (reported)

£221k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Champness
Helen Gregory
Julia Charlton-Weedy
Michael John Morrow
Michael John Scrowston · trustee of 1 other charity
Patricia Williams
Peter Emery
Stephen O'Brien

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£146k	£152k
31/12/2024	£875k	£1.0m
31/12/2023	£114k	£339k
31/12/2022	£202k	£81k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £221,270, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year due to a significant restricted donation to the York Minster Fund, but maintains adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	2	£1.3m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	1	£244k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£143k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£135k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£89k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK MINSTER FUND.

YORK MINSTER FUND income £2.9m
YORK MINSTER income £18.3m
THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL income £392k
THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST DENYS AND ST GEORGE IN MANCHESTER income £1.9m
FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £1.2m
THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YORK MINSTER FUND FY2024	£2.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YORK MINSTER FY2024	£18.3m	£90,001 - £100,000	1	below	69.8%	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL FY2025	£392k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST DENYS AND ST GEORGE IN MANCHESTER FY2024	£1.9m	£90,000 - £99,999	1	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.