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Registered charity · Durham

Friends of Durham Cathedral

Friends of Durham Cathedral is a registered charity (number 519110) based in Durham, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £283k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £283k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Durham
Website
www.fodc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£283k£165k
  • 2024£128k£179k
  • 2023£246k£117k
Earlier years
  • 2022£475k£67k
  • 2021£84k£141k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC, CURTILAGE AND PRECINCTS OF DURHAM CATHEDRAL AND ITS LIBRARY, TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHER PROPERTY THEREOF AS BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY OF ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR ITS WORSHIP AND MUSIC AND IN PURCHASING, ACQUIRING, RESTORING OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING SUCH FURNITURE, FITTINGS AND STRUCTURES AND CHATTELS FOR THE INTERIOR, EXTERIOR AND IN THE CURTILAGE AND PRECINCTS AS MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CONTINUE THE CATHEDRAL'S WORK IN RELATION TO ITS WORSHIP, MUSIC, HISTORY AND EDUCATION.

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Religious Activities 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Education 1Manufacturing 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£283k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
519110
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 JUNE 1987 AND AMENDED 9 JUNE 2007
Contact on the register
01913845266 · friends@durhamcathedral.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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