The Friends of Southwark Cathedral

Analysis

The Friends of Southwark Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Southwark Cathedral reported income of £39k and spending of £87k, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £39k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Southwark Cathedral sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Westonzoyland (£39k), Christ Church Burial Ground, Swindon (£39k) and Southport and District Reform Synagogue (£39k).

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.