FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 249608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objectives are:(a) to arouse and foster interest in the Cathedral throughout the Diocese and beyond; and(b) to assist with funds to preserve the fabric of the Cathedral and associated buildings and to assist in the preservation and enrichment of the ornaments and furnishings of the Cathedral and the maintenance and development of its worship and mission.

Objects

(A) TO AROUSE AND FOSTER INTEREST IN THE CATHEDRAL THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE AND BEYOND (B) TO ASSIST THE CHAPTER WITH FUNDS TO PRESERVE THE FABRIC OF THE CATHEDRAL, THE MONASTIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER HISTORIC FEATURES OF THE PRECINCTS AND OF ANY BUILDINGS USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CATHEDRAL, AND TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION AND ENRICHMENT OF THE ORNAMENTS AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CATHEDRAL AND THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITS WORSHIP AND MISSION.

Area of benefit: DIOCESE OF PETERBOROUGH

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

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Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £77,140, which is significantly above its stated optimum reserve level of £23,240. Per the trustees' report, the charity has sufficient funds to continue in operation for at least 12 months and recorded a net deficit of £12,879 for the year, primarily due to grants made to the Chapter.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment

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

• DAVID JOHN WAYchair
• IAN HARPER · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN ALEC GRUBB
• Joanne Kay Dalrymple-Smith
• Keith Nicholson
• Rosemary Maude Way
• Very Reverend Christopher Dalliston · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire · Peterborough City · Rutland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k
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• THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £56k
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• THE FRIENDS OF LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL income £34k
• SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL income £161k

Side by side with its peers

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