THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 207096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides finance for Exeter Cathedral fabric maintenance, music library and archives.

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Latest income

£392k

Latest spending

£360k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £5,916,650 at year-end, representing a slight increase from the previous year. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £313,433, primarily driven by a £345,369 loss on the valuation of investments, despite an increase in incoming resources. The trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Cash balances have been kept to a minimum level consistent with the anticipated demands for draw down of grants. (held: £5.9m)

“The charity’s unrestricted free reserves at the year-end were £5,916,650 (2023:£ 5,813,765).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 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 — “Thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Exeter Cathedral has an exciting new programme of activities and events for peopl…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rosemary Yallop Drchair
JOE RODERICK
James Frampton
Jeryl Christine Andrew
Peter James Balsom
Prof Nicholas Jan Gutowski
The Revd Canon Ian Charles Morter · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£392k	£360k
31/12/2024	£332k	£372k
31/12/2023	£310k	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£469k	£345k
31/12/2021	£364k	£327k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £5,916,650 at year-end, representing a slight increase from the previous year. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £313,433, primarily driven by a £345,369 loss on the valuation of investments, despite an increase in incoming resources. The trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL as a grant recipient include THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2.0m
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	1	£355k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£65k
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST	1	£60k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£50k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£46k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£27k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EXETER CATHEDRAL MUSIC FOUNDATION (CIO).

EXETER CATHEDRAL MUSIC FOUNDATION (CIO) income £289k
THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k
EXETER CATHEDRAL income £11.1m
THE FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CIO income £124k
THE FRIENDS OF WELLS CATHEDRAL income £818k
FRIENDS OF YORK MINSTER income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL	£392k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EXETER CATHEDRAL MUSIC FOUNDATION (CIO) FY2025	£289k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EXETER CATHEDRAL FY2024	£11.1m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CIO FY2025	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF WELLS CATHEDRAL FY2025	£818k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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