BRISTOL CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 1204673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY, BRISTOL

Our charitable objects are to advance the Christian faith and our mission, in accordance with the faith and practice of the Church of England, care for the Cathedral building and pursue other charitable purposes that further those two purposes.

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). (2) IN PARAGRAPH (1) THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MEANS THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL; CATHEDRAL CHURCH BUILDING? MEANS THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE ECCLESIASTICAL EXEMPTION FOR THE CATHEDRAL; CHARITABLE PURPOSES MEANS PURPOSES WITHIN SECTION 2(1) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011ECCLESIASTICAL EXEMPTION? HAS THE MEANING GIVEN IN SECTION 45(1) OF THE CATHEDRALS MEASURE 2021.

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: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £443,957 to £5,373,668, driven by a net expenditure of £391,151 against income of £2,319,224. Unrestricted reserves fell to £175,000, which is below the stated policy target of at least £500,000, a gap the trustees are monitoring closely. Despite this, the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annie Archer
• Caroline Jowett-Ive · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Michael Cain
• ELIZABETH CAROLINE CAIRNCROSS
• Esther Deans MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gary Lewis
• JOHN CHRISTOPHER SAVAGE OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Naomi Beth Miller
• Rev Neil Patterson
• The Very Reverend Amanda Kirstine Ford · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

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• Caroline Jowett-Ive — trustee here and at BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY

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 BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST.

• BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST income £3.1m
• THE BRISTOL DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED income £10.2m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, LEICESTER income £1.7m
• BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £403k
• BDO CHARITABLE TRUST income £50k
• THE BRITWELL TRUST income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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