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Registered charity · Hampshire

Friends of Winchester Cathedral

Friends of Winchester Cathedral is a registered charity (number 220218) based in Hampshire, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hampshire
Website
www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.2m£324k
  • 2024£394k£263k
  • 2023£537k£338k
Earlier years
  • 2022£304k£212k
  • 2021£182k£235k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

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

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
220218
Status
Registered
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
Contact on the register
01962857244 · friends@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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