Friends of Ravenswood

Analysis

Friends of Ravenswood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Ravenswood reported income of £11k and spending of £7,017, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,117 to £11k (+853%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 320%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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 Ravenswood sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aldbourne Community Heritage Group (£11k), The Thoresby Colliery Band (£11k) and The Edenfield and District Community Association (£11k).