The Friends of Liverpool Cathedral

Analysis

The Friends of Liverpool Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, 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 Liverpool Cathedral reported income of £34k and spending of £142k, spending 422% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £238k to £34k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Liverpool Cathedral sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samuel James Woodall Will Trust (£34k), Drayton Grange Community Association (£34k) and Harvest Vision Ltd (£34k).

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.