The Friends of St Lawrence Church Abbots Langley

Analysis

The Friends of St Lawrence Church Abbots Langley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in June 1996, 30 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of St Lawrence Church Abbots Langley reported income of £13k and spending of £22k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £17k to £13k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 Lawrence Church Abbots Langley sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women's Institute - Dunchurch and Thurlaston (£13k), The Steyning Society (£13k) and Covent Garden Community Association (£13k).