THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 215663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage interest in Hereford Cathedral and to supplement available resources for maintenance of its fabric and furnishings and for improvement and beautification of the cathedral and its precincts, including education and music.

Objects

1.TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND PERSONS OF THE DIOCESE OF HEREFORD IN PARTICULAR, TO INTEREST THEMSELVES IN HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, ITS PRECINCTS AND HISTORY 2.TO MAINTAIN OR ASSIST IN MAINTAINING THE FABRIC AND FURNISHING OF THE CATHEDRAL AND TO SUPPLEMENT THE RESOURCES OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER AVAILABLE FOR SUCH MAINTENANCE 3.TO UNDERTAKE ANY SUCH WORK AS SHALL TEND TO IMPROVE AND BEAUTIFY THE CATHEDRAL AND ITS PRECINCTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £823,529, with free reserves of £138,400, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities. The charity reports a net income of £51,260 for the year, driven by significant legacies, although investment values experienced a loss. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, indicating stable financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £824k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting 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)

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr BARBARA JOY RODERICKchair
Clive Walker
David Owen
Dr Carole Jane Caldwell
Dr THOMAS DOUGLAS RODERICK
Erica Mary Hillman
Iris Eileen Howlett
Isobel Willmott
Paul Wynne Griffiths
Sarah Warner
Wg Cdr Peter John Hereford OBE

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Powys · Shropshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£126k	£56k
31/12/2024	£90k	£157k
31/12/2023	£159k	£55k
31/12/2022	£182k	£51k
31/12/2021	£38k	£22k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £823,529, with free reserves of £138,400, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities. The charity reports a net income of £51,260 for the year, driven by significant legacies, although investment values experienced a loss. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, indicating stable financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
ASPEN TRUST	1	£4k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OTTERSHAW	1	£3k
The William Brake Foundation	1	£3k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH PETHERTON WITH THE SEAVINGTONS AND THE LAMBROOKS	1	£70

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL.

THE FRIENDS OF GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL income £60k
FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL income £29k
THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL income £392k
FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £1.2m
THE FRIENDS OF LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL income £85k
FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL FY2025	£60k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL FY2025	£392k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL FY2025	£85k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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