Southmead Friends Association

Analysis

Southmead Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Devon. It was registered in November 2001, 25 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2026, Southmead Friends Association reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £7,125 to £11k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Southmead Friends Association sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hopwood Park (£11k), Marshwood Vale Young Farmers Club (£11k) and Havant Men's Shed CIO (£11k).