The Friends of St Mary's Church, Bungay

Analysis

The Friends of St Mary's Church, Bungay is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of St Mary's Church, Bungay reported income of £27k and spending of £19k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £33k to £27k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of St Mary's Church, Bungay sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Menevia and Wrexham Infirm Secular Clergy Fund (£27k), Wayne Renowden Thomas (£27k) and National Liturgical Dance Network UK (£27k).