The Friends of Wimborne St Giles' Church, Dorset

Analysis

The Friends of Wimborne St Giles' Church, Dorset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in September 2022, 4 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 Wimborne St Giles' Church, Dorset reported income of £12k and spending of £1,062, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £12k (+5.3%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 6.4% 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 Wimborne St Giles' Church, Dorset sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashingdon School Parent Staff Association (£12k), Lewknor Parish Recreation Ground and Hall (£12k) and The Friends of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (£12k).