The Friends of Matching Church and Ancient Marriage Feast Room

Analysis

The Friends of Matching Church and Ancient Marriage Feast Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harlow. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Matching Church and Ancient Marriage Feast Room reported income of £10k and spending of £5,710, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £10k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Matching Church and Ancient Marriage Feast Room sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Sompting Church (£10k), Creation Resources Trust (£10k) and St Matthews Church Youth Centre (£10k).