The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Friends of ELY Cathedral CIO

Registered charity 1157705 CIO Registered since 2014

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk

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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.

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 11Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 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.

Other services 6Education 3Arts and leisure 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£93k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.elycathedral.org
EmailShelley.Bolderson@elycathedral.org
Phone01353662841
AddressThe Chapter House, The College, ELY, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL

Finances

£941,215 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£398,613£1,049,005
2022£212,687£352,313
2023£106,576£369,047
2024£93,218£67,436
2025£941,215£179,615

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ASSIST THE CHAPTER OF ELY CATHEDRAL IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS, PASTORAL, MUSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL, INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF ITS FABRIC AND THE ORNAMENTS AND FURNISHINGS THEREOF.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 03 Jul 2014

Trustees (11)

11trustees
69median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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