Friends of Burford Church of St John the Baptist

Analysis

Friends of Burford Church of St John the Baptist is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in June 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Burford Church of St John the Baptist reported income of £20k and spending of £16k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,354 to £20k (+1392%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 2342%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Burford Church of St John the Baptist sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Church of Scotland and Free Churches Fund RAF (£20k), Father Crooks Charity (£20k) and Justsikhi Foundation (£20k).