Worshipping Friends

Analysis

Worshipping Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Perranporth. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Worshipping Friends reported income of £25k and spending of £35k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £11k to £25k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Worshipping Friends sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Light Assembly (£25k), The Black Chapel Charities (£25k) and The Parrett Trust (£25k).