The Friends of Calcutta Cathedral Relief Service

Analysis

The Friends of Calcutta Cathedral Relief Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in June 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of Calcutta Cathedral Relief Service reported income of £52k and spending of £47k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £50k to £52k (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Friends of Calcutta Cathedral Relief Service sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include K a C (£52k), The Ralli Hall Lunch & Social Club (£53k) and The Groveland Charitable Trust (£52k).