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Registered charity · Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral Trust Fund

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £430k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Kent
Website
www.canterbury-cathedral.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Canterbury Cathedral Trust Fund
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£430k£710k
  • 2024£497k£1.1m
  • 2023£681k£959k
Earlier years
  • 2022£866k£879k
  • 2021£1.2m£2.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC AND CONTENTS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL;3.2 THE PROVISION, PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSIC AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL;3.3 THE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL; AND3.4 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CAPITULAR REVENUES OF THE CATHEDRAL ARE APPLICABLE.

Grants received

2 grants · £75,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8Religious Activities 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Mining 13Business services 10Education 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£430k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1112590
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/04/2011
Companies House
Company number 05588837 · Active
Contact on the register
01227865307 · info@canterburycathedraltrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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