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The Friends Of Wells Cathedral

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
208797
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed May 21, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Sept. 13, 1962
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Friends Office
West Cloister
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2PA

Activities

Grant making to Cathedral Chapter & Departments. Membership activities such as talks and outings.

Objects: To Seek To Co-Operate With The Chapter Of The Cathedral Church Of St Andrew In Wells And To Further The Mission And Christian Purpose And To Maintain The Worship Of The Cathedral (For Further Details See Clause 2 Of The Constitution)

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Wells
Local Authority
Somerset

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 May 21, 2026On time £817,878 £2,293,105 £254,687 1
Dec. 31, 2024 May 5, 2025On time £183,410 £48,226 £1,734,344 -
Dec. 31, 2023 Oct. 4, 2024On time £158,383 £48,158 - -
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 22, 2023On time £389,336 £35,608 - -
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 7, 2022On time £277,979 £14,232 - -
Dec. 31, 2020 May 20, 2021 £72,173 £48,877 - -

Trustees

Name Appointed
Arnold Wills (Chair) Oct. 10, 2022
Anne Paul Sept. 11, 2021
Cressida Charlotte Parsons March 25, 2026
David Alastair Morgan-Hewitt Jan. 18, 2021
Dr Megan Isobel Jane Daffern May 20, 2025
John Parsons Sept. 28, 2023
Juliette Marie Coakes June 6, 2026
Maureen Frances Anne Boylan June 19, 2018
Paul Richard Dickinson Nov. 30, 2023
Philip Haldane Nunnerley June 6, 2026
Richard Thomas Wynn-Jones Sept. 28, 2023
Simon James Birkett March 25, 2026