CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 1206913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, CANTERBURY

Latest income
£13.9m
Latest spending
£12.6m
Registered
2024

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income
£13.9m
Total spending
£12.6m
Cost of raising funds
£3.2m
Reserves (reported)
£4.3m
Employees
246

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£13.9m£12.6m

Common questions

Who funds CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL as a grant recipient include ST AUGUSTINE'S FOUNDATION.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
ST AUGUSTINE'S FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/04/2014£14.8m"The Canterbury Journey"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/07/2002£50k"Canterbury Cathedral's Charters - Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/01/1997£2.3m"Canterbury Cathedral Foundation for Education"