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Registered charity · Ripon

The Cathedral Church of ST Peter and ST Wilfrid in Ripon

The Cathedral Church of ST Peter and ST Wilfrid in Ripon is a registered charity (number 1204456) based in Ripon, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by John Dobson since 2014. Latest income £2.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Ripon Cathedral (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £2.0m (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
North Yorkshire
Website
www.riponcathedral.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2023

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.0m£2.3m
  • 2024£1.9m£2.3m
  • 2023£1.9m£1.9m

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Charitable objects

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).THE CHAPTER MUST ACT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4(3) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011.

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.

9 trustees on the board

5.6y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (9)

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 8General Charitable Purposes 7Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/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.

Finance 10Mining 4Education 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 2 years.
2023
2024
incomespending£1.9m latest income
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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.1 in 2023

41 from 44 in 2023
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1204456
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 APRIL 2023 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CATHEDRALS MEASURE 2021
Contact on the register
01765603462 · CathedralAdmin@riponcathedral.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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