Friends of Bolivia

Analysis

Friends of Bolivia is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester Park. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friends of Bolivia reported income of £13k and spending of £24k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £13k (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of Bolivia sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rivers Learning Project Community (£13k), Christ Apostolic Church (Conquerors in Christ Parish) (£13k) and The United Walsoken and Baxter Charities (£13k).