Registered charity · Chelmsford
The Friends of Chelmsford Cathedral
- 8 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Thomas Michael FoulkesChair · since 2021
- Adrian James SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Brian Maurice Greatrex MBETrustee
- Elizabeth Joyce MarshallTrustee · since 2021
- John Andrew SpenceTrustee · since 2025
- Maureen BensonTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Lorna Rosalind SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Stephen Lindsay ScottTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Essex
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£13k
- 2024£4k£9k
- 2023£6k£758
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£20k
- 2021£4k£650
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY:ENCOURAGING PRAYER FOR CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE CATHEDRAL");ESPOUSING THE WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD;BRINGING TOGETHER IN A COMMON FELLOWSHIP ALL WHO CARE FOR THE CATHEDRAL;ASSISTING THE CATHEDRAL COUNCIL IN PRESERVING, MAINTAINING, IMPROVING AND ENRICHING THE FABRIC, FURNISHINGS AND FITTINGS OF THE CATHEDRAL AND SHARING IN THE WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Thomas Michael Foulkes Chair since 2021
- Adrian James Smith since 2024
- Brian Maurice Greatrex MBE
- Elizabeth Joyce Marshall since 2021
- John Andrew Spence since 2025
- Maureen Benson since 2024
- Rev Lorna Rosalind Smith since 2026
- Stephen Lindsay Scott since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Thomas Michael Foulkes Chair since 2021
- Brian Maurice Greatrex MBE
- Elizabeth Joyce Marshall since 2021
- Maureen Benson since 2024
- Rev Lorna Rosalind Smith since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Adrian James Smith since 2024
- John Andrew Spence since 2025
- Stephen Lindsay Scott since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1096353
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14TH SEPTEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED ON 18TH JANUARY 2003. as amended on 25 Sep 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01245 500347 · Cathedralfriends3@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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