Friends R US London

Analysis

Friends R US London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Friends R US London reported income of £137k and spending of £171k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £50k to £137k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 R US London 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fluid Motion Theatre Company (£137k), Arts One Five One (£137k) and In Focus Education and Development (£137k).