Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship

Analysis

Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in August 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from July 2023 to July 2025, income grew from £5,000 to £1.1m (+22467%), an average of +1402% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 23375%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Three Choirs Festival Limited (£1.1m), Army Flying Museum Limited (£1.1m) and Nottingham Music Service (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £169k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.