Friends of Fairford and Lechlade Communities

Analysis

Friends of Fairford and Lechlade Communities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Fairford and Lechlade Communities reported income of £133k and spending of £164k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £133k (+615%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 671%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Fairford and Lechlade Communities sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Slimmers Making It a Little Easier for Someone (£133k), New Windmill Hall Community Association (£133k) and Leading Link Limited (£133k).