Friends of Bath Abbey

Analysis

Friends of Bath Abbey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Friends of Bath Abbey reported income of £144k and spending of £50k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £46k to £144k (+213%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Bath Abbey sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penrallt Baptist Church, Bangor (£144k), Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Garden of the Lord (£144k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edmund,allestree (£144k).