Friends of Charity International

Analysis

Friends of Charity International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanmore. It was registered in December 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 October 2025, Friends of Charity International reported income of £121k and spending of £97k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2022 to October 2025, income grew from £69k to £121k (+75%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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 Charity International sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rattan Goraya Charitable Trust (£121k), Didsbury Good Neighbours (£121k) and Lets Grow Preston (£121k).