FRIENDS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 517009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in the preservation of its heritage, by conservation, enhancement and beautification of its buildings, furnishing, fittings and setting, and to sustain its Christian worship, mission and outreach and all other aspects of its religious and charitable purposes, by raising funds and awarding grants for these purposes.

Objects

(A) PRESERVING, MAINTAINING, REPAIRING AND ENRICHING THE FABRIC, FURNITURE AND FITTINGS OF THE CATHEDRAL. (B) MAINTAINING PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE BEAUTY AND FITNESS OF THE SITE AND SETTING OF THE CATHEDRAL (C) MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPMENT THE MUSIC AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WORSHIP AND LIFE OF THE CATHEDRAL (D) AIDING THE UPKEEP OF THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARY.

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

Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £248,637, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £60,000. The charity reported a net increase in funds and confirmed it has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern. Support costs were tightly controlled at £7,565, and the charity had no employees during the year.

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.

• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Penelope Thomaschair
• Brian John Davey
• Davina Rowe
• Elaine Guest
• Kieran Thomas Kettleton
• Margret Sara Trepte
• Natalie Green
• Sally Ann Thompson
• The Very Revd Dr Stephen Michael Edwards · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £1.2m
• SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL income £202k
• THE FRIENDS OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL income £126k
• THE ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £166k
• FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL income £29k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL income £56k

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