The Friends of St Catherines Church

Analysis

The Friends of St Catherines Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halstead. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of St Catherines Church reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £47k to £10k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 388%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Friends of St Catherines Church sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dream for Trees (£10k), BW Eddershaw Charitable Trust (£10k) and The Crondall Society (£10k).