The Friends of Saint Stephen on the Cliffs Blackpool

Analysis

The Friends of Saint Stephen on the Cliffs Blackpool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Saint Stephen on the Cliffs Blackpool reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £12k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Friends of Saint Stephen on the Cliffs Blackpool sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broken Planet Foundation CIO (£12k), The Fusilier Museum Memorial Trust (£12k) and Transformative, Healing, Environmental Design (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.