Spirewatch

Analysis

Spirewatch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Spirewatch reported income of £14k and spending of £129k, spending 900% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,243 to £14k (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 429%. Over the whole period it spent 266% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Spirewatch sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dovery Manor Museum (£14k), The Friends of St Lawrence Church Bovingdon (£14k) and The Friends of Chulmleigh Parish Church (£14k).