The Friendship Cafe

Analysis

The Friendship Cafe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in July 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04403457). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friendship Cafe reported income of £446k and spending of £534k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £478k to £446k (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Friendship Cafe sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northwick Park Cardiac Research Charity (£446k), Chabad Lubavitch (£446k) and The International Menopause Society (£446k).