The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral

Registered charity 273973 Registered since 1977

Operates: Kent

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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.

4 trustees on the board

4.3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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 4Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 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 2Transport 2Other services 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£51k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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

EmailFRIENDSOFROCHESTERCATHEDRAL@BTINTERNET.COM
Phone01634832142
AddressGARTH HOUSE, THE PRECINCT, ROCHESTER, ME1 1SX

Finances

£56,362 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£150,544£168,606
2022£37,659£366,539
2023£69,330£31,249
2024£51,450£40,695
2025£56,362£173,446

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(I) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE FABRIC OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND THE LANDS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND TO ADVISE AND ASSIST THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER IN SUCH MATTERS; (II) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE WORSHIP AND SERVICES IN ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND TO ASSIST THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER IN SUCH MATTERS; (III) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE CATHEDRAL AS THE ASSOCIATION,AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER,SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11/06/1977AS AMENDED ON 19/06/1982AS AMENDED ON 18/06/1983AS AMENDED ON 16/06/1984AS AMENDED ON 11/06/1988AS AMENDED ON 20/06/1992AS AMENDED ON 14/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 16/06/2012 as amended on 17 Dec 2019

Trustees (4)

4trustees
71median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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