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Registered charity · No. 1202911

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds

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The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include religious activities.

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What are the key facts about The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds?

Reported income · year ending 2025-12-31
£2,722,639
Reported spending · year ending 2025-12-31
£2,727,943
Registered charity number
1202911
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Abbey House
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes
Website
www.stedscathedral.org

Quick answer

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds (number 1202911) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds do?

Religious services, music and choirs, community projects & social outreach programs

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds

Answers The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's highest-paid staff paid?

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's money come from?

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds reported £2.7m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.5m (54%), trading and fundraising events £1.1m (40%), investments £129k (5%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £83k.

  • Donations and legacies£1.5m · 54%
  • Trading and fundraising events£1.1m · 40%
  • Investments£129k · 5%
  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£37k · 1%

Does The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Also known as
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Where it says it operates
Suffolk

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds registered for?

Religious Activities

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds as a registered charity (number 1202911) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's charity number?
The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's charity number is 1202911. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1202911?
Search 1202911 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds do?
Religious services, music and choirs, community projects & social outreach programs
Does The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds?
The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's website listed in our register data is http://www.stedscathedral.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's money come from?
The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds reported £2.7m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.5m (54%), trading and fundraising events £1.1m (40%), investments £129k (5%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £83k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds?
The register records The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's trustees paid?
The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds registered as a charity?
The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds was entered on the register on 2 May 2023.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.