The Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral

Analysis

The Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £635k to £1.2m (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include MGS Charitable Trust (£1.2m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Redcliffe (£1.2m) and St Cecilia's Abbey Ryde Isle of Wight (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 32%, charitable activities 24%, investments 9.2% and trading 7.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £65k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 6.8%. Reserves of £7.8m would cover about 80 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.