Friends of Tread

Analysis

Friends of Tread is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Tread reported income of £41k and spending of £50k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £52k to £41k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Tread sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Sponsors Charity (£41k), The League of Friends of Launceston Hospital and Community (£41k) and The Louise Hamilton Trust (£41k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.