Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE FRIENDS OF WELLS CATHEDRAL

Grant making to Cathedral Chapter & Departments. Membership activities such as talks and outings.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£389	£36	£354	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/21	£278	£14	£264	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/20	£72	£49	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/19	£79	£169	£-90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/18	£165	£172	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
31/12/17	£51	£140	£-89	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£170	£28	£142	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£58	£128	£-69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£181	£134	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£96	£108	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£97	£136	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£119	£50	£69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£160	£37	£123	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£224	£360	£-135	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£261	£94	£167	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£252	£913	£-661	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£199	£573	£-374	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£154	£32	£122	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£222	£24	£198	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 62 years

wellsfriends.org

info@wellsfriends.org

01749678830

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Wells Cathedral
£1,000	04/04/2022	As directed by the donor towards the Grand Organ appeal at Wells Cathedral

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNE PAUL Appointed: 2021

JOHN PARSONS Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL JAMES HOPKINS (Chair) Appointed: 2015

REV DORIS GODDARD Appointed: 2019

WILLIAM DAVID STANLEY GIBBY Appointed: 2019

ARNOLD WILLS Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE WELLS CATHEDRAL CHORISTER TRUST, WELLS CATHEDRAL CHAMBER CHOIR,

DAVID ALASTAIR MORGAN-HEWITT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST ANDREW IN WELLS,

MAUREEN FRANCES ANNE BOYLAN Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE WELLS CATHEDRAL CHORISTER TRUST,

PAUL RICHARD DICKINSON Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS), THE PALACE TRUST,

RICHARD THOMAS WYNN-JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Solicitor, Other trusteeship: SOMERDALE PAVILION TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/09/1962, number: 208797

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Investment
Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

FRIENDS OFFICE
WEST CLOISTER
WELLS
SOMERSET
BA5 2PA

Objectives

TO SEEK TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST ANDREW IN WELLS AND TO FURTHER THE MISSION AND CHRISTIAN PURPOSE AND TO MAINTAIN THE WORSHIP OF THE CATHEDRAL (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION)

Defined Area of Benefit:

WELLS

Data Sources