The Friends of St Giles Codicote

Analysis

The Friends of St Giles Codicote is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Friends of St Giles Codicote reported income of £14k and spending of £2,101, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,702 to £14k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Giles Codicote sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Wharfedale Naturalists Society (£14k), The Friends of St John the Baptist Church Little Yeldham (£14k) and The Staffordshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£14k).