Friends of the Cotswolds

Analysis

Friends of the Cotswolds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03650374). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of the Cotswolds reported income of £173k and spending of £235k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £146k to £173k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 547%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of the Cotswolds sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heritage and Communities Trust (£172k), Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company Ltd (£173k) and House Mill Trust Ltd (£172k).