Friends of Religious Settlements

Analysis

Friends of Religious Settlements is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Friends of Religious Settlements reported income of £20k and spending of £16k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £12k to £20k (+72%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 180% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of Religious Settlements sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keystone Escape Youth Centre (£20k), The Arieh Handler Scholarship Fund (£20k) and New Life Art Ministries (£20k).