Friends of St Nicholas

Analysis

Friends of St Nicholas is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in December 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Friends of St Nicholas reported income of £19k and spending of £16k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £14k to £19k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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 Nicholas sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Barnes Charitable Trust (£19k), Romney Marsh Wartime Collection (£19k) and Blakeney Harbour Association (£19k).