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Friends Of Durham Cathedral

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
519110
Status
Registered
Registered
July 24, 1987
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Friends Office
The College
Durham
DH1 3EH

Activities

Durham Cathedral forms part of a world heritage site. The Friends were set up in 1933 solely to help to maintain and enhance the building and its setting; and over the last ten years grants totalling over -ú1,000,000 have been made, membership is open to all who appreciate the cathedral either as a place of worship or as an architectural gem, and donations and legacies are also welcomed.

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.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Durham
Local Authority
Durham

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £128,164 £179,366
Dec. 31, 2023 £245,655 £117,275
Dec. 31, 2022 £475,255 £66,976
Dec. 31, 2021 £84,334 £141,192
Dec. 31, 2020 £69,097 £151,414

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew Peter French May 31, 2016
Caroline Peacock May 29, 2021
Christine Lightfoot May 29, 2021
Dr Edward David Hunt June 6, 2012
George Barber June 1, 2018
Guy George Sampson June 8, 2024
Hazel Bradshaw June 7, 2025
Jeanne Dean May 27, 2023
Malcolm Pounder June 7, 2025
Michael John Dunn Lightfoot May 29, 2021
Michael Spencer June 7, 2025
The Revd Canon Michael Everitt Feb. 1, 2020