THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST MARY, ST DENYS AND ST GEORGE IN MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1207769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST. MARY, ST. DENYS AND ST. GEORGE IN MANCHESTER

The Objects of the Chapter are (a) to advance the Christian religion in accordance with the faith and practice 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 additional charitable purposes

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £528,624 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant increase from the £161,241 deficit in the prior year, driven largely by a £410,838 major refurbishment of Cathedral properties charged to the endowment fund. Total funds decreased by £968,636 to £11,885,035, while unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,160,716, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months of operational costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL HIRE LIMITED Companies House 08808544

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (43% 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: 52.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govenderchair
• Canon Dr Addy Lazz-Onyenobi · trustee of 4 other charities
• Charlotte Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Winter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Honorary Lay Canon Philip Steel Blinkhorn
• Nick Rank
• Rev Grace Ruth Elizabeth Thomas · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Ian Herbert Jorysz
• Rev Karen Smeeton

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK MINSTER.

• YORK MINSTER income £18.3m
• THE CORPORATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN LIVERPOOL income £4.5m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, LEICESTER income £4.4m
• THE CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAINT SAVIOUR AND SAINT MARY OVERIE, SOUTHWARK income £3.3m
• CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, ST PETER AND ST CEDD, CHELMSFORD income £1.3m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER MANCROFT WITH ST. JOHN MADDERMARKET, NORWICH income £654k

Side by side with its peers

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