Registered charity · Rochester
The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral
The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral is a registered charity (number 273973) based in Rochester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £56k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £56k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Kent
- Registered
- 1977
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£56k£173k
- 2024£51k£41k
- 2023£69k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£367k
- 2021£151k£169k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Philip John Hesketh
- Mark Graham Snoswell since 2024
- Peter Smith since 2017
- Terry George Wood since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Smith since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Philip John Hesketh
- Peter Smith since 2017
- Terry George Wood since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Mark Graham Snoswell since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 273973
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 01634832142 · FRIENDSOFROCHESTERCATHEDRAL@BTINTERNET.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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