The Friends of Arundel Cathedral

Analysis

The Friends of Arundel Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03792834). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Friends of Arundel Cathedral reported income of £55k and spending of £98k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £169k to £55k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Arundel Cathedral sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ebbsfleet Baptist Church (£55k), Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara (£55k) and King's Church Newton Abbot (£55k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.