Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral

Analysis

Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral reported income of £161k and spending of £176k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £270k to £161k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Driffield-Hornsea Methodist Circuit (£161k), St Peter's, Saltley Trust (£161k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's, Bengeworth (£161k).