The Cathedrals Administration and Finance Association

Analysis

The Cathedrals Administration and Finance Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08093298). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cathedrals Administration and Finance Association reported income of £70k and spending of £68k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £33k to £70k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 851%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Cathedrals Administration and Finance Association sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Life (U Life) (£70k), Mahasi Dhamma Fellowship (£70k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint George with Saint Mary Magdalene, Worcester (£70k).