Chichester Cathedral Friends

Analysis

Chichester Cathedral Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Chichester Cathedral Friends reported income of £51k and spending of £97k, spending 190% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £87k to £51k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Chichester Cathedral Friends sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Preston Park University of the Third Age (£51k), Kent Foster Care Association (£51k) and Harwell Village Hall (£51k).