The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Norwich

Registered charity 1201015 Registered since 2022

Operates: 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.

5y median 3.5y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance
3
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 9Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 2Other services 2Public administration 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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£4.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.8 in 2024

60 from 58 in 2024
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.cathedral.org.uk
Emailreception@cathedral.org.uk
Phone01603218300
AddressNORWICH CATHEDRAL, CHAPTER OFFICE, 65 THE CLOSE, NORWICH, NR1 4DH

Finances

£4,512,453 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£3,903,804£4,088,760
2025£4,512,453£4,560,962

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

3. (1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHAPTER ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR BY FURTHERING THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;(B) TO CARE FOR AND CONSERVE THE FABRIC AND STRUCTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH BUILDING;(C) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE ANCILLARY TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSE REFERRED TO IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B). (2) IN PARAGRAPH (1): (A) THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND? MEANS THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL; (B) CATHEDRAL CHURCH BUILDING? MEANS THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE ECCLESIASTICAL EXEMPTION FOR THE CATHEDRAL;(C) CHARITABLE PURPOSES? MEANS PURPOSES WITHIN SECTION 2(1) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011 .(3) IN FURTHERING THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH (1), THE CHAPTER MUST ACT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4(3) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011 .

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 MAY 2022 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CATHEDRALS MEASURE 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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