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Registered charity · London

Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral

Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral is a registered charity (number 272899) based in London, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £202k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Friends of Westminster Cathedral (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £202k (2024)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
City Of Westminster
Website
westminstercathedral.org.uk/the-cathedral-community/the-society-of-friends-of-westminster-cathedral (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£202k£119k
  • 2023£119k£389k
  • 2022£94k£37k
Earlier years
  • 2021£270k£67k
  • 2020£111k£142k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND EMBELLISHMENT OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL AND ITS PRECINCTS INCLUDING THE CLERGY HOUSE (ALL HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS 'THE CATHEDRAL') AND THE SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH WESTMINSTER 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.

8 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

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 8Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 2Education 2Hospitality 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£202k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
272899
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 18 JANUARY 1977 AS AMENDED 4 OCTOBER 1978 AS AMENDED 25TH APRIL 2002 AND 25 JUNE 2009.
Contact on the register
02077989059 · friends@westminstercathedral.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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