The Association of the Friends of Lincoln Cathedral

Analysis

The Association of the Friends of Lincoln Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 1970, 56 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, The Association of the Friends of Lincoln Cathedral reported income of £94k and spending of £51k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £94k (+340%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 515%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Lincoln Cathedral sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ministry of Christian Life Church (£94k), Caversham Baptist Church (£94k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Wollaston (£94k).