CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, GUILDFORD

Registered charity 1207356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL

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;and,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: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Cathedral recorded a small unrestricted surplus of £4,000 for the year, but this followed a period of underlying operational deficits that have significantly reduced liquid unrestricted reserves to £292,000. This figure is below the charity's stated policy target of at least £500,000. The trustees acknowledge significant financial challenges and are working towards a break-even position by 2028 through cost reduction and increased fundraising efforts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brewers Chartered Accountants. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from Over £60,000 (FY2024) to more than £60,000 (FY2025).
• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN ELIZABETH BOURNE
• Andrew John Pianca · trustee of 1 other charity
• BERENDINA JILL NORTON
• Christopher Thomas Edward Pilgrim
• JOANNA RUTH PINSON
• Michael Peter Branscombe
• RODERICK JOHN MURRAY PORTER MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Gerard Cooper
• Robert Neil Pettigrew

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

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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 BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD.

• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD income £2.7m
• THE CORPORATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN LIVERPOOL income £4.6m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF CARLISLE income £2.0m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, LEICESTER income £1.7m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, ROCHESTER income £2.7m
• GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.