THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF NORWICH

Registered charity 1201015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORWICH CATHEDRAL

The Cathedral dates back to 1096, when it was founded by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich, and over the last nine centuries this magnificent place of worship has been at the heart of Norwich and its people.

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Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.6m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided text is limited to the auditor's report cover page and does not contain financial statements or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial position, reserves, or operational performance. Consequently, no assessment of financial health can be derived from this excerpt.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.5m
Total spending
£4.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (57% 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: 35.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.5m£4.6m
31/03/2024£3.9m£4.1m

Common questions

Is THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF NORWICH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided text is limited to the auditor's report cover page and does not contain financial statements or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial position, reserves, or operational performance. Consequently, no assessment of financial health can be derived from this excerpt. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

Who funds THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF NORWICH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF NORWICH as a grant recipient include LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND), THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2021£10kChurches
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUSTFY2023£2kFees

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORWICH CATHEDRAL CHOIR ENDOWMENT FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF NORWICH£4.5m——unclear—no doubt
NORWICH CATHEDRAL CHOIR ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025£253k——unclear—no doubt
THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN OXFORD OF THE FOUNDATION OF KING HENRY VIII FY2025£50.0m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTH CARE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE TRUST CHARITY FY2025£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ST GABRIEL, HARTING FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BATH ABBEY FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt

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