The Friends of the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove

Analysis

The Friends of the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromsgrove. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove reported income of £342k and spending of £437k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,608 to £342k (+6002%), an average of +180% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 608%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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 the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Lieder + (£342k), The Bowerman Charitable Trust (£342k) and Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery Limited (£341k).