The Friends of Long Melford Church Building Trust

Analysis

The Friends of Long Melford Church Building Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sudbury. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Friends of Long Melford Church Building Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £60k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £13k to £36k (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 657%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Friends of Long Melford Church Building Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Biddulph Moor Village Hall (£36k), Butterknowle Village Hall Association (£36k) and Newark Amateur Operatic Society (£36k).