Friends of the Venerabile

Analysis

Friends of the Venerabile is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of the Venerabile reported income of £14k and spending of £9,709, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £15k to £14k (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of the Venerabile sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Aldbury Church (£14k), Friends of Saint Mary's Bruton (£14k) and Sierra Leone Association of Trinitonians UK (£14k).