Friends of Grahamstown and District Development

Analysis

Friends of Grahamstown and District Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 Grahamstown and District Development reported income of £46k and spending of £23k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £46k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Grahamstown and District Development sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey Provincial Charity Fund (£46k), M K Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Group Limited (£46k) and Light for Bulgaria Limited (£46k).