The Friends of St Mary's Ashwell Hertfordshire

Analysis

The Friends of St Mary's Ashwell Hertfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Baldock. It was registered in November 1995, 31 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 Ashwell Hertfordshire reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £8,526 to £15k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 26% 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 Ashwell Hertfordshire sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Flitcham Church (£15k), Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust (£15k) and The Allison Willis Charitable Trust (£15k).