Friends of St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Analysis

Friends of St Edmundsbury Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in August 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of St Edmundsbury Cathedral reported income of £28k and spending of £13k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £24k to £28k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of St Edmundsbury Cathedral sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust Property Held in Connection with Ebenezer Congregational Chapel (£28k), Higher Dimension Gospel Centre (£28k) and Temple Ministries (£28k).