The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of Wells Cathedral

Registered charity 208797 Registered since 1962

Operates: Somerset

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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.

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (7)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 12Religious Activities 12Education/training 4Recreation 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.

Education 4Arts and leisure 3Business services 2

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£818k 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021

1
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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewellsfriends.org
Emailinfo@wellsfriends.org
Phone01749678830
AddressFRIENDS OFFICE, WEST CLOISTER, WELLS, SOMERSET, BA5 2PA

Finances

£817,927 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£277,979£14,232
2022£389,336£35,608
2023£158,383£48,158
2024£546,664£48,226
2025£817,927£2,293,105

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO SEEK TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST ANDREW IN WELLS AND TO FURTHER THE MISSION AND CHRISTIAN PURPOSE AND TO MAINTAIN THE WORSHIP OF THE CATHEDRAL (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION)

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON THE 15TH JULY 1967 AS AMENDED ON 2ND JULY 1983, 4TH JULY 1987, 9TH JULY 1988 AND 6TH MAY 2006

Trustees (12)

12trustees
67median age
2aged 70+

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