The Friends of St Woolos Cathedral

To support the work and witness of St Woolos Cathedral, Newport

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Diocese of Monmouth

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £3,370 and spent £5,030.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

About the same: £3,370 in the year to 30 June 2025, against £3,359 in the year to 30 June 2021.

Spending against income

It spent 149% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £10,000, awarded in 2018.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

3 trustees run the charity.

• Rev Ian BlackChairAppointed 20 November 2021
• Anne BlackburnAppointed 9 November 2022
• Malcolm PhillipsAppointed 30 October 2018

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

518396

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

30 January 1987

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 OCTOBER 1979 AMENDED 19 NOVEMBER 1984

Council area of its contact address

Newport

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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