Friends of Carlisle Cathedral

Analysis

Friends of Carlisle Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Carlisle Cathedral reported income of £40k and spending of £37k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £40k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Carlisle Cathedral sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Discovery Church Swindon Central (£40k), Zion Harvest Church (£40k) and The Bethel Independent and Evangelical Church, Clapham, North Yorkshire (£40k).