THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL AND OF SAINT SWITHUN OF WINCHESTER

Registered charity 1202915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

Winchester Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester and a centre of worship and mission. It provides a focus for the life and work of the Church of England in the Diocese of Winchester, living the mission of Jesus and serving the common good.

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: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Cathedral reported a £75,000 deficit in the general fund before investment revaluations, with total income decreasing to £6,448,000 from £6,848,000 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are currently below the stated policy target of six months' ordinary activity, with a shortfall of £0.53m against a target of £2.76m. However, the accounts confirm that the Cathedral has adequate resources to continue operating on a going concern basis through to at least December 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit 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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• The Very Reverend Christopher Palmer — Dean (source)
• Emma Bourner — Director of Learning (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Aurelius Trust — “With thanks to the following organisations for their financial and practical support: Aurelius Trust” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £350k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Very Reverend Christopher John Ingamells Palmerchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• ALAN LOVELL
• Anthony Smith
• Dr Isobel Pinder
• Ian Power
• Rev Canon Andrew Mark Micklefield
• Rev Theresa Helena Nancy Kuin Lawton
• Sarah Peppiatt · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Revd Canon Professor Elizabeth Bridget Stuart · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY IN CHICHESTER.

• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY IN CHICHESTER income £2.8m
• WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £37k
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF LINCOLN income £4.4m
• THE CHICHESTER DIOCESAN FUND AND BOARD OF FINANCE (INCORPORATED) income £21.6m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD income £2.7m
• CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, GUILDFORD income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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