THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SALISBURY

Registered charity 1202770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALISBURY CATHEDRAL

The objects of the Cathedral are to advance the Christian religion in accordance with the faith and practice of the Church of England, in particular by furthering the mission of the Church of England. In addition, to care for and conserve the fabric and structure of the Cathedral Church building

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHAPTER ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR BY FURTHERING THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;(B) TO CARE FOR AND CONSERVE THE FABRIC AND STRUCTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH BUILDING;(C) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE ANCILLARY TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSE REFERRED TO IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B).THE CHAPTER MUST ACT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4(3) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011.

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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Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £4.5m, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover nearly nine months of annual unrestricted expenditure of £6.2m, exceeding their policy target of eight months. The charity reported a small net surplus for the year, with core operations showing continued resilience despite market volatility affecting investment values.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% 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: 48.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopuloschair · trustee of 5 other charities
• DAVID FRENCH
• JONATHAN LEIGH
• Judith Cole
• LUCINDA JANE DENISE HERKLOTS
• Nigel Peter Geoffrey Salisbury
• Patti Russell
• Rev Anna Macham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Joanne Elizabeth Haine
• Rev Neil Owen Traynor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Revd Dr Kenneth Peter Joseph Padley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Elwin Daykin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD.

• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD income £2.7m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF CARLISLE income £2.0m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, ROCHESTER income £2.7m
• THE CORPORATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN LIVERPOOL income £4.6m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, ST PETER AND ST CEDD, CHELMSFORD income £2.2m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, LEICESTER income £1.7m

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