The Friends of Truro Cathedral

Analysis

The Friends of Truro Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Truro Cathedral reported income of £19k and spending of £8,693, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,296 to £19k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 235%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Truro Cathedral sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include An Assembly of Christians (£19k), 1st Great Parndon Scout Group (£19k) and Salford Religious Centre for Spiritualism (£19k).