The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Friends of Winchester Cathedral

Registered charity 220218 Registered since 1964

Operates: Hampshire

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 11Religious Activities 10Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 3Other services 3Education 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£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

69.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 27.7 in 2021

3 from 3 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Emailfriends@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Phone01962857244
Address2 THE CLOSE, WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE, SO23 9LS

Finances

£1,237,137 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£181,909£235,100
2022£303,626£211,966
2023£536,515£337,560
2024£394,094£263,155
2025£1,237,137£324,000

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1. THE OBJECTS ARE TO:A) ASSIST THE CHAPTER IN MAINTAINING THE FABRIC, MONUMENTS, FITTINGSAND FURNISHINGS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED GROUNDWORKSWITHIN THE PRECINCTS (EXCLUDING PROPERTY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVEPURPOSES). IN THIS CLAUSE “ASSOCIATED GROUNDWORKS WITHIN THE PRECINCTS” SHALL MEAN:(I) UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE CATHEDRAL;(II) HISTORIC REMAINS CONNECTED PHYSICALLY TO THE CATHEDRAL;(III) THE WESSEX LEARNING CENTRE AND THE LEARNING CENTRE;(IV) DISABLED ACCESS;(V) PUBLIC AREAS AND TOILET FACILITIES WITHIN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE;B) STIMULATE INTEREST IN OR RAISE THE PUBLIC PROFILE OF THE CATHEDRAL;C) ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES :(I) WHICH HELP TO PRESERVE OR ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE CATHEDRAL, ITS HISTORY AND ITS MUSIC; OR(II) WHICH SUPPORT THE LIFE, WORSHIP AND MINISTRY OF THE CATHEDRAL.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 04/04/1936AS AMENDED ON 25/03/1954AS AMENDED ON 19/07/1964AS AMENDED ON 22/11/1978AS AMENDED ON 12/02/1999AS AMENDED ON 14/07/2001AS AMENDED ON 12/07/2008AS AMENDED ON 09/07/2011AS AMENDED ON 11/07/2015 AS AMENDED ON 06 JUL 2024 AS AMENDED ON 06 JUL 2024AS AMENDED ON 06 MAY 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
73median age
1aged 70+

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