Single Friendly Church Network

Analysis

Single Friendly Church Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Single Friendly Church Network reported income of £122k and spending of £123k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income fell from £150k to £122k (-19%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Single Friendly Church Network 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 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chevening, Sevenoaks Deanery, Diocese of Rochester, Kent (£122k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All, Saints, Bakewell with St Anne, Over Haddon (£122k) and St Mary with St Paul Trust at Penzance Cornwall (£122k).