# FRIENDS OF DURHAM CATHEDRAL

## Details

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


## Contact

- **Address:** FRIENDS OFFICE, THE COLLEGE, DURHAM
- **Postcode:** DH1 3EH
- **Phone:** 01913845266
- **Email:** friends@durhamcathedral.co.uk
- **Website:** www.fodc.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** DURHAM




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Durham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £128164 | £179366 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £245655 | £117275 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £475255 | £66976 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £84334 | £141192 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £69097 | £151414 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Peter French — appointed May 31, 2016
- Caroline Peacock — appointed May 29, 2021
- Christine Lightfoot — appointed May 29, 2021
- DR EDWARD DAVID HUNT — appointed June 6, 2012
- George Barber — appointed June 1, 2018
- Guy George Sampson — appointed June 8, 2024
- Hazel Bradshaw — appointed June 7, 2025
- Jeanne Dean — appointed May 27, 2023
- Malcolm Pounder — appointed June 7, 2025
- Michael John Dunn Lightfoot — appointed May 29, 2021
- Michael Spencer — appointed June 7, 2025
- The Revd Canon Michael Everitt — appointed Feb. 1, 2020