Friendship Link & Action Group

Analysis

Friendship Link & Action Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friendship Link & Action Group reported income of £12k and spending of £10k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,187 to £12k (+288%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 312%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friendship Link & Action Group sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Havering Talking Newspaper Association (£12k), Jesus Christ the Son of God for All Souls Ministries (£12k) and Golf for Disabled Children (£12k).