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The Rochester Cathedral Trust

15 trustees
Income £166k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Medway
Website: www.rochestercathedral.org/cathedral-trust (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1985

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£166k£163k
2024£205k£136k
2023£360k£283k

Earlier years

2022£91k£493k
2021£644k£258k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO WHICH THE CAPITAL OR REVENUES OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER ARE APPLICABLE INCLUDING ESPECIALLY THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL.

Grants received

6 grants · £5,855,300 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,590,300 (2 grants)
The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust · £115,000 (2 grants)
Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000
The Headley Trust · £50,000

Most recent

The Headley Trust £50,0002024-10-09
The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust £100,0002024-06-19
The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust £15,0002024-04-10
Garfield Weston Foundation £100,0002017-05-04
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,659,3002011-09-27

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.

15 trustees on the board

Canon Christopher Dench since 2024
His Honour Judge Oliver Saxby KC since 2024
Lady Annabel Colgrain since 2026
Lars Lemonius since 2018
Laura Plumptre since 2025
Michael Wooldridge since 2024
Nicholas Bennett since 2024
Paul David Hudson since 2013
Remony Millwater since 2019
Richard Oldfield since 2016
Sir David Hugh Wootton since 2021
Sue Hart since 2022
The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh since 2015
Victoria Wallace DL since 2023
Kate Fenwick since 2018

5.2y median 4y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lars Lemonius since 2018
Paul David Hudson since 2013
Remony Millwater since 2019
Richard Oldfield since 2016
The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh since 2015
Kate Fenwick since 2018

10.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

His Honour Judge Oliver Saxby KC since 2024
Lady Annabel Colgrain since 2026
Nicholas Bennett since 2024
Remony Millwater since 2019
Sue Hart since 2022
Kate Fenwick since 2018

Portfolio (9)

Canon Christopher Dench since 2024
Lars Lemonius since 2018
Laura Plumptre since 2025
Michael Wooldridge since 2024
Paul David Hudson since 2013
Richard Oldfield since 2016
Sir David Hugh Wootton since 2021
The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh since 2015
Victoria Wallace DL since 2023

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 13Religious Activities 13Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4Amateur Sport 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Other 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.

Construction 7Arts and leisure 5Other services 5

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£166k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 291616
Status: Registered
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11TH APRIL 1985 AND AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED OF 13 APR 1997 AND RESOLUTION PASSED 27 FEBRUARY 2008AS AMENDED ON 22 MAR 2017 as amended on 05 Mar 2019
Contact on the register: 01634810074 · becca.lowe@rochestercathedral.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th 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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