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Registered charity · Lichfield

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Chad in Lichfield

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton
Registered
2024

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.4m£3.3m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.4m

Income trend, 2024 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(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)? ?THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND? MEANS THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL; ?CATHEDRAL CHURCH BUILDING? MEANS THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE ECCLESIASTICAL EXEMPTION FOR THE CATHEDRAL; ?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.

Grants received

1 grant · £248,962 total

360Giving 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 · £248,962

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £248,9622023-02-22
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.

3.7y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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.

Religious Activities 9Disability 1Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Health and social care 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£3.4m 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.

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

71 from 55 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1207343
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 JULY 2023 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CATHEDRALS MEASURE 2021
Contact on the register
01543306100 · reception@lichfield-cathedral.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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