THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED MARY THE VIRGIN OF WORCESTER

Registered charity 1207427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORCESTER CATHEDRAL

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Cathedral reported an operating deficit of £212,065 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £43,543. The Chapter notes that this position is considered acceptable but requires action to maintain reserves at the required level, while also having recourse to the unapplied total return from the endowment fund to support unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Reaching New Heights Project National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant Awarded” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Canon Anne Penn
• Canon Christopher Price · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Henry Briggs
• Canon Patrick Swan · trustee of 3 other charities
• Canon Professor Lynn Nichol · trustee of 2 other charities
• Canon Staffan Engstrom · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Reverend Canon Kimberly Bohan · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Venerable Canon Nikki Groarke · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Very Reverend Dr Stephen Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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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 THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTER.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTER income £217k
• THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST DENYS AND ST GEORGE IN MANCHESTER income £1.9m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WARWICK income £167k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST CUTHBURGA, WIMBORNE MINSTER income £446k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS & ALL SAINT'S WORCESTER income £1.0m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW income £449k

Side by side with its peers

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