ELY Cathedral Trust
Registered charity 264803 Registered since 1972
Operates: Cambridgeshire
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- Canon Paul Evans since 2017
- David Green since 2018
- Ian Pattinson since 2014
- Isobel Philippa Newport-Mangell since 2020
- Jane Lewin-Smith since 2013
- Peter Garside since 2024
- Revd Dr Sir Ralph Waller since 2020
- The Very Revd Mark Philip John Bonney DL since 2013
8.6y median 8.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Canon Paul Evans since 2017
- David Green since 2018
- Ian Pattinson since 2014
- Jane Lewin-Smith since 2013
- The Very Revd Mark Philip John Bonney DL since 2013
10.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (8)
- Canon Paul Evans since 2017
- David Green since 2018
- Ian Pattinson since 2014
- Isobel Philippa Newport-Mangell since 2020
- Jane Lewin-Smith since 2013
- Peter Garside since 2024
- Revd Dr Sir Ralph Waller since 2020
- The Very Revd Mark Philip John Bonney DL since 2013
2
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 8General Charitable Purposes 7Environment/conservation/heritage 6Education/training 2The 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.
Education 3Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
incomespending£640k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.
53.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 42.5 in 2021
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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
- ELY Cathedral Trust CIO 8 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Mgcfutures LTD 1 shared trustee
- The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of ELY 1 shared trustee
- The Thrombosis Research Institute 1 shared trustee
- Downham AID in Sickness Charity 1 shared trustee
- The King's School, ELY 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.cathedral.ely.anglican.org |
| a.binstead@elycathedral.org | |
| Phone | 01353660321 |
| Address | THE CHAPTER HOUSE, THE COLLEGE, ELY, CB7 4DL |
Finances
£639,958 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £396,918 | £457,706 |
| 2022 | £1,857,217 | £710,001 |
| 2023 | £672,721 | £808,904 |
| 2024 | £745,064 | £756,286 |
| 2025 | £639,958 | £722,810 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
I) CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNNECTED WITH ELY CATHEDRAL; (II) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES (NOT BEING LESS THAN SEVEN IN NUMBER) SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED EXECUTED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 16TH OCTOBER 1972 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 JUNE 1994.
Trustees (8)
8trustees
72median age
1aged 70+
- Canon Paul Evans since 2017
- David Green since 2018
- Ian Pattinson since 2014
- Isobel Philippa Newport-Mangellage band 60-64 since 2020
- Jane Lewin-Smith since 2013
- Peter Garside since 2024
- Revd Dr Sir Ralph Wallerage band 80-84 since 2020
- The Very Revd Mark Philip John Bonney DL since 2013
Connected charities (5)
- ELY Cathedral Trust CIO 8 shared trustees
- The King's School, ELY 1 shared trustee
- The Thrombosis Research Institute 1 shared trustee
- Mgcfutures LTD 1 shared trustee
- Downham AID in Sickness Charity 1 shared trustee
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