Friends of the Minster St Mary's Church, Cheltenham

Analysis

Friends of the Minster St Mary's Church, Cheltenham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Minster St Mary's Church, Cheltenham reported income of £18k and spending of £7,134, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,628 to £18k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of the Minster St Mary's Church, Cheltenham sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foleshill Islamic Education Centre Trust (£18k), Mon Buddhist Foundation United Kingdom (£18k) and Ward's Foundation for Religious Instruction (£18k).