Friends of the Mead ( Fom )

Analysis

Friends of the Mead ( Fom ) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Friends of the Mead ( Fom ) reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £12k to £22k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of the Mead ( Fom ) sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hampden Park Community Association CIO (£22k), Scole Community Centre and Playing Field (£22k) and The Parks Community Association (£22k).