The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral

Analysis

The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochester. It was registered in September 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, The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral reported income of £56k and spending of £173k, spending 308% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £151k to £56k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 214% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Association of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saham Toney Village Hall (£56k), Anwarul Quran Trust (£56k) and Oxford Christadelphians (£56k).