Friends of Colombia for Social Aid

Analysis

Friends of Colombia for Social Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Colombia for Social Aid reported income of £26k and spending of £73k, spending 282% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £26k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Colombia for Social Aid sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Braintree Community Hospital (£26k), CLWB Yf Efail (The Smithy Centre) (£26k) and The Sydney Driscoll Neuro-Science Foundation (£26k).