Society of the Friends of Chester Cathedral

Analysis

Society of the Friends of Chester Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in July 1972, 54 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 the Friends of Chester Cathedral reported income of £15k and spending of £40k, spending 272% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £15k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 316%. Over the whole period it spent 187% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Society of the Friends of Chester Cathedral sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thaxted Church Trust (£15k), Access Church (£15k) and Tutbury Congregational Church - Trust Funds and Property Held in Connection with - (£15k).