The Association of English Cathedrals

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Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ANGLICAN DENOMINATION BY:(1)SUPPORTING THE ENGLISH ANGLICAN CATHEDRALS (THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY) AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND ST GEORGE’S CHAPEL WINDSOR IN THEIR WORK OF ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY REPRESENTING THE COMMON INTERESTS OF CATHEDRALS BOTH IN NATIONAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL CONTEXTS. (2)WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN FURTHERING THE MISSION AND WORK OF CATHEDRALS;(3) WORKING WITH THE CHURCHES’ LEGISLATION ADVISORY SERVICE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE ECUMENICAL BODIES IN FURTHERING THE MISSION AND WORK OF CATHEDRALS;(4) WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF CATHEDRALS AND ACHIEVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CATHEDRALS ARE ENABLED TO FULFIL THEIR MISSION AND WORK;(5) DEBATING AND PROPOSING POLICIES AND OTHER MATTERS AFFECTING CATHEDRALS, INCLUDING THEIR ROLE IN ADVANCING EDUCATION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT. ALSO ASSISTING IN DEVELOPING THEIR ROLE IN PROMOTING RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(6) ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND SHARING OF BEST PRACTICE BETWEEN CATHEDRALS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/10/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/01/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14/06/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUN 2016

Trustees (11)

• Very Rev'd Jo Kelly-Moore Chair since 2022
• David Robert Biltonage 69 since 2019
• Emily Charlotte Mackenzieage 53 since 2022
• Jonathan Graham Wardage 58 since 2022
• Justine Horseman-Sewell since 2025
• Rev Aidan Stephen George Plattenage 50 since 2019
• Rev Matthew James Vernonage 55 since 2022
• Rev Peter Howell-Jonesage 64 since 2014
• The Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govenderage 66 since 2016
• The Very Reverend Tim Stratford since 2025
• Very Rev'd Nicholas Charles Papadopulosage 60 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

The Association of English Cathedrals · 06726262 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/10/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (23)

• Catherine Richards Charity OR Strangeways Widow's Charity 1 shared trustee
• The Dean of Manchester Crosland Fund 1 shared trustee
• Bishop LEE's Scholarship 1 shared trustee
• Blackburn Cathedral Trust 1 shared trustee
• Cathedral Church of ST Mary the Virgin Blackburn 1 shared trustee
• The Pilling Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
• The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 1 shared trustee
• The Peel Foundation Scholarship Fund 1 shared trustee
• Livesey's Exhibition Endowment 1 shared trustee
• The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Salisbury 1 shared trustee
• Southern Cathedrals Festival Society 1 shared trustee
• The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
• The Salisbury Cathedral Trust 1 shared trustee
• The Friends of ST James' Church Hamsterley, County Durham 1 shared trustee
• The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury ST Edmunds 1 shared trustee
• The Cathedrals Administration and Finance Association 1 shared trustee
• Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship 1 shared trustee
• Leeds Castle Foundation 1 shared trustee
• The ST Paul's Cathedral Chorister Trust 1 shared trustee
• Manchester Cathedral Development Trust 1 shared trustee
• The Manchester Cathedral Visitor Centre 1 shared trustee
• The Harnham Water Meadows Trust 1 shared trustee
• The Magna Carta Trust for Salisbury Cathedral 1 shared trustee