# WELLS CATHEDRAL PRESERVATION TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 271596
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** July 1, 1976
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=271596


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Stoberry Crescent, WELLS, Somerset
- **Postcode:** BA5 2TG
- **Phone:** 07704290252
- **Email:** Maureen.Boylan@london.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE CATHEDRAL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE. (B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES NOT BEING LESS THAN SIX IN NUMBER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED EXECUTED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.

**Activities:** The trust receives donations and legacies, invests unused income and disburses funds exclusively for the preservation and conservation of the fabric of Wells Cathedral.

**Area of benefit:** WELLS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- North Somerset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £24295 | £60002 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £25907 | £18039 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £14501 | £5042 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £15934 | £160165 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £19031 | £22093 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **EDWARD GEORGE HOBHOUSE** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 7, 2019
- Annie Maw — appointed Oct. 2, 2022
- Edward William George Bayntun-Coward DL — appointed Oct. 2, 2017
- Emily Showering — appointed Oct. 2, 2022
- Esmeralda Jane Martin — appointed Oct. 3, 2016
- Martin William Llewellyn — appointed Oct. 6, 2014
- Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett
- THE HONOURABLE THOMAS FLETCHER REES MOGG
- The Revd Dr Megan DAffern — appointed Oct. 7, 2024
- The Very Reverend Toby Christopher Wright — appointed Oct. 7, 2024