THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 243439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL

The Friends of Salisbury Cathedral exists to support the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral, through its objects in the Constitution. To do this we collect members subscriptions, receive donations, bequests and legacies and, out of these, make grants to the Cathedral. We come together in a common fellowship of loyalty and devotion to care for the Cathedral.

Objects

TO 1) SUPPORT THE CHAPTER OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL IN MAINTAINING, PRESERVING, IMPROVING AND ENHANCING THE FABRIC, FITTINGS, ORNAMENTS, FURNITURE, MUSIC AND MONUMENTS OF THE CATHEDRAL 2) SUPPORT THE LIFE, WORSHIP AND MINISTRY OF THE CATHEDRAL.

Area of benefit: SALISBURY

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

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

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,022,564, comprising cash of £455,565 and investments of £566,999. The trustees report that the financial position continues to be good, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Luke Marchchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• Canon Neil Traynor
• Captain Duncan Glass
• Christopher Barnard
• Christopher Hamon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Derek Brown
• Elizabeth Wallis
• John Kelly
• Michael Joseph
• Nicholas Charles Lewis

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL SCHOOL income £29k
• THE SALISBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST income £84k
• THE FRIENDS OF LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL income £63k
• FRIENDS OF ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL income £28k
• FRIENDS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL income £248k
• SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CHORAL FOUNDATION income £407k

Side by side with its peers

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