Wells Cathedral Preservation Trust

Analysis

Wells Cathedral Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wells Cathedral Preservation Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £340k, spending 1629% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £16k to £21k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 574% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wells Cathedral Preservation Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of S. Mary's Church (£21k), Wigton Evangelical Trust (£21k) and The St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Bathwick, Maintenance Trust (£21k).