Friends of Great Bedwyn Church Trust

Analysis

Friends of Great Bedwyn Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marlborough. It was registered in January 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Great Bedwyn Church Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £6,384, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,356 to £29k (+567%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2851%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Great Bedwyn Church Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belper North Mill Trust (£29k), The Exmoor Natural History Society (£29k) and Wiltshire Buildings Record (£29k).