FRIENDS OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 249460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE FRIENDS OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL EXISTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE CATHEDRAL, AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIALLY FOR SPECIFIC NEW PROJECTS WITHIN THE CATHEDRAL PREMISES. ALL MEMBERS RECEIVE TWICE YEARLY MAILINGS, AND MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND LECTURES AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS, AND TO PURCHASE FRIENDS' MERCHANDISE.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHAPTER OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL ('THE CHAPTER') AND TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH IN THE SPIRIT WHICH INSPIRED ITS FOUNDER, HERBERT DE LOOSING, WHEN HE CAUSED ITS BUILDINGS TO BE UNDERTAKEN

Area of benefit: NORWICH CATHEDRAL

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: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,997,477, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £35,000. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to meet all known obligations and 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~42.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles William Legh Barrattchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Angela Mary Capper
• Christopher Hamilton Dicker
• DAVID BOWMAN
• David Vyse
• Frances Jenkinson
• Janet Elizabeth Benson
• Lucinda Elizabeth Jane Leaver · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Gabriel Mary Heywood
• Michael Daniels
• Peter Robert Gleane Hornor
• Philip Morter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Very Reverend Dr Andrew Jonathan Braddock · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

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 FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

• FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL income £41k
• THE FRIENDS OF LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL income £63k
• THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k
• THE FRIENDS OF SOUTHWELL CATHEDRAL income £41k
• FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL income £29k
• FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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