The Friends of the City Churches

Analysis

The Friends of the City Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of the City Churches reported income of £121k and spending of £98k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £42k to £121k (+186%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 585%. 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, The Friends of the City Churches sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oriental Ceramic Society (£121k), Music for People (Summer School of Music) (£121k) and The St Paul's Arts Trust (£120k).