The Friends of Aisholt Church

Analysis

The Friends of Aisholt Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgwater. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Aisholt Church reported income of £13k and spending of £7,254, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £48k to £13k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Aisholt Church sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Consolidated Charity of the Parish of Wrenbury (£13k), Nichiren Shu Buddhist Temple of UK (£13k) and Friends of Repton Parish Church (£13k).