Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, Wiltshire

Analysis

Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, Wiltshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, Wiltshire reported income of £60k and spending of £71k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £46k to £60k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 2865%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, Wiltshire sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Good Grief Trust (£60k), The Kent County Association of Change Ringers' Bell Restoration Fund (£60k) and Dunn Family Charitable Trust (£58k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.