The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral

Registered charity 272899 Registered since 1977

Operates: City Of Westminster

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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.

8 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
6.6y
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

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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

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://westminstercathedral.org.uk/the-cathedral-community/the-society-of-friends-of-westminster-cathedral/
Emailfriends@westminstercathedral.org.uk
Phone02077989059
AddressWESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL, CLERGY HOUSE, 42 FRANCIS STREET, LONDON, SW1P 1QW

Finances

£202,192 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£110,710£141,814
2021£270,199£67,044
2022£94,248£37,296
2023£119,297£388,512
2024£202,192£119,239

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 18 JANUARY 1977 AS AMENDED 4 OCTOBER 1978 AS AMENDED 25TH APRIL 2002 AND 25 JUNE 2009.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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