The Friends of St Mary's Bampton

Analysis

The Friends of St Mary's Bampton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bampton. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Friends of St Mary's Bampton reported income of £12k and spending of £5,001, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £9,899 to £12k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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 Mary's Bampton sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nature of Learning Foundation (£11k), The Halifax Charitable Trust (£12k) and King's Lynn Worfolk Boat Trust (£11k).