The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Cathedrals Group of Universities

Registered charity 801726 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout England And 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.

7 trustees on the board

2.9y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Religious Activities 7

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 5Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£60k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitecathedralsgroup.ac.uk
Emaileo.cathedralsgroup@lincolnbishop.ac.uk
Phone01522 563 802
Addressc/o University Of Cumbria, Fusehill Street, CARLISLE, CA1 2HH

Finances

£59,500 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£67,085£88,332
2022£67,083£34,874
2023£69,096£51,464
2024£70,000£64,698
2025£59,500£54,836

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

To advance and develop higher education in the Church Universities, Universities with Church Foundations and other Universities admitted into membership of the Cathedrals Group and to support the Churches’ continuing role in higher education

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/01/1988AS AMENDED ON 02/11/1989AS AMENDED ON 10/03/1990AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2000AS AMENDED ON 20/11/2008AS AMENDED ON 29/11/2012AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2013AS AMENDED ON 30/10/2014AS AMENDED ON 12/11/2015AS AMENDED ON 24 NOV 2016 as amended on 28 Mar 2023 as amended on 22 Sep 2023 as amended on 21 Mar 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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