CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY PORTSMOUTH

Registered charity 1207410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTSMOUTH CATHEDRAL

The objects 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 above purposes

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHAPTER AREA. 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: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Cathedral incurred a net deficit of £302,770 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. The trustees report that the Cathedral has yet to achieve financial sustainability, with expenditure exceeding income, although reserves of £1,359,309 are held above the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (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 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Very Reverend Dr Anthony William Nicholas Strephon Canechair
• Canon Dr Joanna Mary Magdalen Spreadbury · trustee of 1 other charity
• David William King
• MARK SIMON EMERTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marcelle Elizabeth de Sousa MBE
• Professor Bryn Cleaver Hughes
• RONALD BARTON RABBETTS
• Santosh Philip Mathew
• THE REVD CANON HARRIET ANNA NEALE-STEVENS
• The Revd Canon Nicholas Robert Ralph

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• DR JO SPREADBURY — trustee here and at THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST

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 ST MICHAEL COVENTRY.

• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL COVENTRY income £2.0m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND SAINT ETHELBERT IN HEREFORD income £2.7m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, LEICESTER income £1.7m
• THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST DENYS AND ST GEORGE IN MANCHESTER income £1.9m
• SOUTHWELL CATHEDRAL income £1.6m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, ROCHESTER income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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