Friends Trusts Limited

Analysis

Friends Trusts Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00188362). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends Trusts Limited reported income of £230k and spending of £271k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £217k to £230k (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends Trusts Limited sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Isca Church (£230k), Kingsbridge Area Foodbank (£230k) and Tiferet Eyal (£229k).