The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds

Analysis

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 2023, 3 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 Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.7m (+45%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers (£2.7m), Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester (£2.7m) and The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54%, trading 40%, investments 4.7% and charitable activities 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £83k. Charitable activities took 33% of spending and raising funds 48%. Reserves of £84k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.

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.