Friends of St Margaret's Church Ditchling

Analysis

Friends of St Margaret's Church Ditchling is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hassocks. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, Friends of St Margaret's Church Ditchling reported income of £18k and spending of £38k, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £18k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of St Margaret's Church Ditchling sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Butler Memorial Trust (£18k), The Eldwick Village Society (£18k) and St Mary's Burwell Preservation Trust (£18k).