The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Wells Cathedral Preservation Trust

Registered charity 271596 Registered since 1976

Operates: Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East 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.

6.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

5
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 8Religious Activities 8Education/training 5Animals 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 6Health and social care 6Arts and leisure 4

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£24k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

EmailMaureen.Boylan@london.ac.uk
Phone07704290252
Address4 Stoberry Crescent, WELLS, Somerset, BA5 2TG

Finances

£24,295 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£19,031£22,093
2022£15,934£160,165
2023£14,501£5,042
2024£25,907£18,039
2025£24,295£60,002

What it does

What

Religious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE CATHEDRAL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE. (B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES NOT BEING LESS THAN SIX IN NUMBER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED EXECUTED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 18TH MAY 1976, AS AMENDED BY A SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 5 DECEMBER 1997 AND 01 OCTOBER 2007.

Trustees (9)

9trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (16)

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