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The Friends of Oundle Parish Church 2016

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1168165KetteringArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£36k2025-12-31
Spending£12ksame year
Spent / received36%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Friends of Oundle Parish Church 2016 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Oundle Parish Church 2016 reported income of £36k and spending of £12k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £138k to £36k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 36% 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 Oundle Parish Church 2016 sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lichfield Cathedral Chorus (£36k), Bardsea Malt Kiln (£36k) and The Arts Society Stratford Upon Avon. (£36k).

Income and spending

£0£35k£69k£104k£138k2021 Income: £138,1252021 Spending: £19220212022 Income: £10,4532022 Spending: £6,99720222023 Income: £22,1742023 Spending: £27,24420232024 Income: £26,8982024 Spending: £37,00220242025 Income: £36,0962025 Spending: £11,9062025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

FUND RAISING JAZZ EVENING INVOLVING SCHOOL JAZZ BAND PERFORMING TO A MIXED AUDIENCE.FUND RAISING PERFORMANCE BY A LOCAL TOWN BAND OF HGH REPUTE, APPEALING TO A MORE DIVERSE TARGET AUDIENCE. DEVELOPMENT OF AND SALE OF MAPS OF THE LOCALITY TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.IN CONSIDERING THESE ACTIVITIES THE TRUSTEES HAVE HAD REGARD TO THE GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Lichfield Cathedral ChorusLichfield£36k
Bardsea Malt KilnCumbria£36k
The Arts Society Stratford Upon Avon.Alcester£36k
The Rowantree ChoirMiddlesex£36k