Friends of Gloucestershire Archives CIO

Analysis

Friends of Gloucestershire Archives CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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 human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Gloucestershire Archives CIO reported income of £23k and spending of £7,018, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,744 to £23k (+721%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 381%. Over the whole period it spent 48% 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 Gloucestershire Archives CIO sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monmouth Choral Society (£23k), Morton Village Hall (£23k) and Chorleywood Choral Society (£23k).