Friends of Firs Farm

Analysis

Friends of Firs Farm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Firs Farm reported income of £26k and spending of £48k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,738 to £26k (+1425%), an average of +98% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 4050%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Firs Farm sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grimsby and Cleethorpes Unit 162 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£26k), The Llandudno Junction Village War Memorial (£27k) and Yorkshire Squash & Racketball Association (£26k).