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The Friends of St Thomas Church Lymington

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1166743LymingtonGrant-making and general purposes
Income£60k2025-03-31
Spending£70ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2016Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Friends of St Thomas Church Lymington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lymington. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of St Thomas Church Lymington reported income of £60k and spending of £70k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,549 to £60k (+2267%), an average of +121% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 507%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Friends of St Thomas Church Lymington sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harold Dean Charity (£60k), VWV Charitable Trust (£60k) and Giving Days (£60k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£35k£53k£70k2021 Income: £2,5492021 Spending: £3,43120212022 Income: £15,4782022 Spending: £6,02420222023 Income: £19,5562023 Spending: £27,23720232024 Income: £25,1992024 Spending: £17,39720242025 Income: £60,3432025 Spending: £70,1052025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The Friends of St Thomas Church activities include raising funds to support the Parochial Church Council in relation to maintenance of the buildings, fabric and surrounding churchyard.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Harold Dean CharityBungay£60k
VWV Charitable TrustBristol£60k
Giving DaysNorfolk£60k
The Sue and Lew Hammerson Charitable TrustLondon£61k