Friends of St Helen, Abingdon

Analysis

Friends of St Helen, Abingdon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in April 1987, 39 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, Friends of St Helen, Abingdon reported income of £50k and spending of £47k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £50k (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of St Helen, Abingdon sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Natural Habitat (£50k), The Burns Price Foundation (£50k) and Blacksmith Initiative (UK) (£50k).