FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 220218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

i) to assist the Chapter in maintaining the fabric and monuments and the fittings and furnishings of Winchester Cathedral and its associated ground-works within the precincts; ii) to stimulate interest in the Cathedral; iii) to encourage and support activities calculated to preserve and beautify the Cathedral, its history and music.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS ARE TO:A) ASSIST THE CHAPTER IN MAINTAINING THE FABRIC, MONUMENTS, FITTINGSAND FURNISHINGS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED GROUNDWORKSWITHIN THE PRECINCTS (EXCLUDING PROPERTY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVEPURPOSES). IN THIS CLAUSE “ASSOCIATED GROUNDWORKS WITHIN THE PRECINCTS” SHALL MEAN:(I) UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE CATHEDRAL;(II) HISTORIC REMAINS CONNECTED PHYSICALLY TO THE CATHEDRAL;(III) THE WESSEX LEARNING CENTRE AND THE LEARNING CENTRE;(IV) DISABLED ACCESS;(V) PUBLIC AREAS AND TOILET FACILITIES WITHIN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE;B) STIMULATE INTEREST IN OR RAISE THE PUBLIC PROFILE OF THE CATHEDRAL;C) ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES :(I) WHICH HELP TO PRESERVE OR ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE CATHEDRAL, ITS HISTORY AND ITS MUSIC; OR(II) WHICH SUPPORT THE LIFE, WORSHIP AND MINISTRY OF THE CATHEDRAL.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £913,137 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a one-off legacy provision of £1 million. Unrestricted reserves increased to £1,873,004, a level the Trustees confirm meets their policy of covering nine months of expenses and one year of grants. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• The Very Reverend Christopher Palmer — Dean (source)
• Emma Bourner — Director of Learning (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Aurelius Trust — “With thanks to the following organisations for their financial and practical support: Aurelius Trust” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~69.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Forder-Stent
• Dr Cindy Wood
• Jenny Hilton
• Karen Dagwell
• Marcel Bradbury
• Michael Burke
• Nigel SPICER
• Richard Lumley Green-Wilkinson · trustee of 3 other charities
• The Very Reverend Christopher Palmer
• Zoe Seenan

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

• FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL income £41k
• FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL income £29k
• SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL income £161k
• THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k
• THE FRIENDS OF SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL income £39k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £56k

Side by side with its peers

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