We offer guidance and advice on the care, conservation and development of cathedrals.

We help you care for, conserve and develop your cathedral.

A conservation management plan is a useful tool for recognising and reconciling tensions that may come up between the necessary life of the worshiping community and the significance of the place. It helps the church and its community to rise above these tensions in order to develop and grow. Conservation management plans are likely to be especially useful to major churches and cathedrals.

Each cathedral has its own Fabric Advisory Committee. We can help you understand their roles and responsibilities.

The Cathedral Administrator is responsible for making sure applications are made in the proper way, although they do not have to submit applications themselves. We can help you navigate the application process from beginning to end.

NEWS / The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, after consultation with the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, have appointed Dame Fiona Reynolds to be Chair of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England (CFCE).

Successful schemes of work are underpinned by a clear and persuasive liturgical argument. The processes of developing your liturgical plan and testing emerging proposals against it, is beneficial to your projects. We can help you develop your plan.

A Visitor Engagement Plan helps you to make best use of your building for mission, welcome and public engagement, and to enhance the appreciation of its heritage.

It can support decision-making for future developments, including any changes to the fabric of your building or how its spaces are used.

Each cathedral is required to employ both an architect and an archaeologist. They give expert advice on the care and conservation of the historic fabric of a cathedral. We can help you understand their roles and responsibilities.

Cathedrals are beautiful historic buildings and living places of worship. They should be open to, and able to be enjoyed by all.  Cathedral Chapters have a responsibility, both as Christian places of worship and under the Equality Act 2010, to make reasonable provision for access, including identifying and dealing with any obstacle to accessing your cathedral and its precincts. We can help to support you through this process.