Friends of St Ruan and St Grade Historic Church Buildings

Analysis

Friends of St Ruan and St Grade Historic Church Buildings is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of St Ruan and St Grade Historic Church Buildings reported income of £22k and spending of £1,626, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £32k to £22k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of St Ruan and St Grade Historic Church Buildings sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambrian Railways Society Limited (£22k), Bellhurst Nature Conservation Trust (£22k) and Burnham Overy Harbour Trust (£22k).