The Friends of the Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields

Analysis

The Friends of the Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of the Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields reported income of £144k and spending of £150k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £328k to £144k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Friends of the Connection at St Martin-In-The-Fields sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Temple of Faith Ministries (£144k), Eversholt Parochial Charity (£144k) and The Worshipful Company of Actuaries Charity (£144k).