Friends of Bristol Cathedral

Analysis

Friends of Bristol Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 Bristol Cathedral reported income of £87k and spending of £66k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £87k (+564%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Bristol Cathedral sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir (£87k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Hook (£87k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eastwood (£87k).