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Registered charity · St. Albans

Fraternity of the Friends of Saint Albans Abbey

The charity's objects are the support of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban and the promotion of its dignity, traditions and influence, in particular by:(1) providing a network to link members to the life and work of the Cathedral and...

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £65k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.stalbanscathedral.org/friends (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£65k£90k
  • 2024£153k£139k
  • 2023£61k£49k
Earlier years
  • 2022£53k£91k
  • 2021£405k£57k
Charitable objects

The charity's objects are the support of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban and the promotion of its dignity, traditions and influence, in particular by:(1) providing a network to link members to the life and work of the Cathedral and Abbey Church.(2) giving practical and financial support to projects which enhance the Cathedral and Abbey Church and its precincts and which are endorsed by the Chapter of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 15Religious Activities 14General Charitable Purposes 12Environment/conservation/heritage 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Business services 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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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£65k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
253909
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED THE 21ST JUNE 1951, AMENDED 24 JUNE 2000AS AMENDED ON 23 SEP 2017 as amended on 22 Sep 2018 as amended on 22 Sep 2018 as amended on 13 May 2023
Contact on the register
07808726435 · friends@stalbanscathedral.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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