Friends of St Mary's Church, Stoughton

Analysis

Friends of St Mary's Church, Stoughton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of St Mary's Church, Stoughton reported income of £12k and spending of £220, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,459 to £12k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 49% 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 St Mary's Church, Stoughton sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westminster Tree Trust (£12k), The Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust (£12k) and The Pole Pole Foundation UK (£12k).