Registered charity (CIO) · West Sussex

Chichester Cathedral Friends

11 trustees
Income £51k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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: Other Charitable Purposes
Where: East Sussex, West Sussex
Website: www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/friends (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2014

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2026£51k£97k
2025£50k£32k
2024£48k£31k

Earlier years

2023£53k£75k
2022£87k£49k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE RELIGION BY ASSISTING IN THE SUPPORT OF THE CATHEDRAL AND CONTRIBUTING BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN OTHER APPROPRIATE WAYS TO ITS PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, ENHANCEMENT AND MINISTRY AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF BUT NOT OTHERWISE:3.1 TO ENCOURAGE AND NURTURE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CATHEDRAL IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE DIOCESE AND THE WIDER WORLD;3.2 TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE DEAN AND THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE FACILITIES, AND SERVICES, AND TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THE CATHEDRAL’S MISSION.

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Howard Graham Castle-Smith since 2017

10.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 11Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Tech and media 4Arts and leisure 3Business services 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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£50k latest income · income exceeded spending 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: 1158498
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 09 Sep 2014
Contact on the register: 01243 782595 · ccfhonsec@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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