The Friends of Guildford Cathedral

Analysis

The Friends of Guildford Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in July 1969, 57 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 Guildford Cathedral reported income of £60k and spending of £69k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £41k to £60k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 200% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Guildford Cathedral sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Church Shaw (£60k), Burton Joyce with Bulcote and Stoke Bardolph PCC (£60k) and Banham Community Centre Association (£60k).

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.