FRATERNITY OF THE FRIENDS OF SAINT ALBANS ABBEY

Registered charity 253909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF ST ALBANS ABBEY, Friends of Saint Albans Cathedral

Support of St Alban's Cathedral and the promotion of its dignity, traditions and influence, in particular by:1) providing a network to link members to the life and work of the Cathedral and Abbey Church.2) giving practical and financial support to projects which enhance the Church and its precincts and which are endorsed by the Cathedral Chapter.

Objects

The charity's objects are the support of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban and the promotion of its dignity, traditions and influence, in particular by:(1) providing a network to link members to the life and work of the Cathedral and Abbey Church.(2) giving practical and financial support to projects which enhance the Cathedral and Abbey Church and its precincts and which are endorsed by the Chapter of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£65k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total assets decreased slightly to £588,353, driven by a sharp fall in income from legacies and a reduction in grants paid out. Despite the net decrease in funds, the trustees confirm the charity remains in good financial health with sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (reserves figure: £588k)

“The trustees continue to maintain a reserve of £20,000 against the risk of a catastrophic fall in the charity’s income.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

Volunteers: 2
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 2
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 5
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

AILSA ELIZABETH HERBERT
Anne Elizabeth Stockley
Carol Ann Borras
DAVID PAUL SKIDMORE OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Christine Alison Blackie
JULIA GRACE LOW
Judith Hilary Card
LIZ FOTHERINGHAM
Mary Eryl Butcher · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Richard Graham
Moira Elizabeth Dean
Paul David Jackson
Robert Stanley Raine CBE
Susan Hawkins
THE VERY REVD JOANNE KELLY-MOORE · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£65k	£90k
31/12/2024	£153k	£139k
31/12/2023	£61k	£49k
31/12/2022	£53k	£91k
31/12/2021	£405k	£57k

Common questions

Is FRATERNITY OF THE FRIENDS OF SAINT ALBANS ABBEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total assets decreased slightly to £588,353, driven by a sharp fall in income from legacies and a reduction in grants paid out. Despite the net decrease in funds, the trustees confirm the charity remains in good financial health with sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern. 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 PILGRIM TRUST	1	£40k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
The William Brake Foundation	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PARKSTONE SAINT PETER AND SAINT OSMUND WITH BRANKSEA SAINT MARY	1	£100
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH PETHERTON WITH THE SEAVINGTONS AND THE LAMBROOKS	1	£70
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS	1	£20

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF ST ALBANS GIRLS SCHOOL.

FRIENDS OF ST ALBANS GIRLS SCHOOL income £39k
THE FRIENDS OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, ST ALBANS income £25k
THE FRIENDS OF LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL income £85k
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL income £87k
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL income £290k
THE FRIENDS OF ABINGDON ABBEY BUILDINGS TRUST income £571k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRATERNITY OF THE FRIENDS OF SAINT ALBANS ABBEY	£65k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF ST ALBANS GIRLS SCHOOL FY2025	£39k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, ST ALBANS FY2025	£25k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL FY2025	£85k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL FY2025	£87k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL FY2026	£290k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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