THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF ELY

Registered charity 1202546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELY CATHEDRAL

Ely Cathedral is a Christian Church offering daily worship and a place of prayer and sanctity. It is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and the mother church of over 300 parishes that make up the Diocese of Ely. The Cathedral is also a historical monument, built to the glory of God, which welcomes thousands of pilgrims and visitors every year.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Cathedral recorded a small operating surplus before investment movements of £29,000 in 2025, following previous years of deficits. However, the trustees report that unrestricted free reserves of £4.1m remain 25% below the stated target of £5.4m, and total funds held by the related Ely Cathedral Trust are significantly below their long-term policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: ELY CATHEDRAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 01988081

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Church Commissioners' Cathedral Sustainability Fund — “Website generously supported by Church Commissioners' Cathedral Sustainability Fund” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev James Reveleychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Dr Mary Felicity Cooke · trustee of 2 other charities
• Canon Francis William Miles Burkitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Harriet Sarah Burles
• Canon Sir Jonathan Guy Jones KCB KC hon
• Canon Timothy John Walters
• Revd Canon Dr Jenny Anne Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Revd Canon Thomas Oliver Buchanan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Rev James Reveley — trustee here and at ELY CATHEDRAL TRUST
• Revd Canon Dr Jenny Anne Wright — trustee here and at THE FRIENDS OF ELY CATHEDRAL CIO

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ELY CATHEDRAL TRUST.

• ELY CATHEDRAL TRUST income £640k
• THE ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £11.1m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL AND OF SAINT SWITHUN OF WINCHESTER income £6.4m
• ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL income £25.8m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S ELY income £462k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CAMBRIDGE ST. BARNABAS income £442k

Side by side with its peers

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