Registered charity · Rochester
Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Philip Hesketh DLChair · since 2024
- Barbara ChinamasaTrustee · since 2024
- Carline DealTrustee · since 2025
- David SamuelsTrustee · since 2024
- Ellen CouzensTrustee · since 2024
- Paul David HudsonTrustee · since 2024
- Paul FrancisTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Chris DenchTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Gordon Giles PhD, FrscmTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Jane WinterTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Kenneth ClarkTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Kent, Medway, Bexley, Bromley
- Website
- www.rochestercathedral.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.7m£2.9m
- 2024£2.2m£2.5m
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHAPTER ARE?(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THECHURCH 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 OFTHE 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 THECHARITIES ACT 2011.
Grants received
1 grant · £36,414 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £36,414
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Dr Philip Hesketh DL Chair since 2024
- Barbara Chinamasa since 2024
- Carline Deal since 2025
- David Samuels since 2024
- Ellen Couzens since 2024
- Paul David Hudson since 2024
- Paul Francis since 2024
- Rev Chris Dench since 2024
- Rev Gordon Giles PhD, Frscm since 2020
- Rev Jane Winter since 2025
- Rev Kenneth Clark since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Gordon Giles PhD, Frscm since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Philip Hesketh DL Chair since 2024
- Barbara Chinamasa since 2024
- Carline Deal since 2025
- David Samuels since 2024
- Ellen Couzens since 2024
- Paul Francis since 2024
- Rev Chris Dench since 2024
- Rev Jane Winter since 2025
- Rev Kenneth Clark since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Paul David Hudson since 2024
- Rev Gordon Giles PhD, Frscm since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1206900
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 JAN 2023 as amended on 03 Nov 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01634843366 · info@rochestercathedral.org
- 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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