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Friends of St Marys Church, Cerne Abbas

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1148416DorsetArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£60k2025-12-31
Spending£5,683same year
Spent / received69%5-year average
Size in its cause72nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2012Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Friends of St Marys Church, Cerne Abbas is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of St Marys Church, Cerne Abbas reported income of £60k and spending of £5,683, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £89k to £60k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 909%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 St Marys Church, Cerne Abbas sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwall Family History Society (£60k), The Muban Educational Trust (£60k) and Hutton and Shenfield Choral Society (£60k).

Income and spending

£0£31k£61k£92k£123k2021 Income: £89,2202021 Spending: £30520212022 Income: £26,1022022 Spending: £21620222023 Income: £5,1272023 Spending: £122,84720232024 Income: £5,9942024 Spending: £60620242025 Income: £60,4552025 Spending: £5,6832025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To help towards the cost of preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement and beautification of the Grade 1 listed building that is St Mary's Church in Cerne Abbas. Over the first 18 months of our existence the emphasis has been on raising awareness of The Friends and fund raising through concerts.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Cornwall Family History SocietyTruro£60k
The Muban Educational TrustLondon£60k
Hutton and Shenfield Choral SocietyEssex£60k
International Council on Monuments and Sites, UKLondon£60k