The Friends of Southwell Cathedral

Analysis

The Friends of Southwell Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in June 1994, 32 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, The Friends of Southwell Cathedral reported income of £41k and spending of £57k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £40k to £41k (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Southwell 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 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrew's Methodist Church, Bushey Heath (£41k), Jay Jalaram Day Centre (£41k) and Kingswood Congregational Chapel Charity (£41k).