The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Friends of ST Davids Cathedral

Registered charity 513485 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout Wales

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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.

6.1y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
9.1y
average years in governance
3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 13Religious Activities 12Accommodation/housing 7Environment/conservation/heritage 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/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.

Education 2Other services 2Arts and leisure 1

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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£711k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

2
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Contact

Websitestdavidscathedral.org.uk
Emailfriends@stdavidscathedral.org.uk
Phone01437720202
AddressTHE DEANERY, THE PEBBLES, ST. DAVIDS, HAVERFORDWEST, SA62 6RD

Finances

£710,737 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£98,229£150,739
2021£145,779£80,377
2022£66,597£167,303
2023£126,719£184,741
2024£710,737£186,420

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human Resources

Charitable objects

2. AIMSThe objects of the Friends are to advance the Christian religion in Wales and in particular:i) to assist and support the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral to further the religious and other charitable work of the Cathedral to the greater Glory of God and in honour of the Saints Andrew and David;ii) maintaining, preserving, improving and enhancing the fabric, furnishings and music of the Cathedral and its precincts; andiii) to encourage and nurture public interest in the Cathedral and its worship and ministry.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 4 SEPTEMBER 1997 AS AMENDED 13 SEPTEMBER 2008. as amended on 13 Sept 2025

Trustees (13)

13trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

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