Friends of Ledbury Parish Church

Analysis

Friends of Ledbury Parish Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ledbury. It was registered in January 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Friends of Ledbury Parish Church reported income of £134k and spending of £479, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,050 to £134k (+2552%), an average of +127% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 1384%. Over the whole period it spent 8.2% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Ledbury Parish Church sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hexham Trinity Methodist Church (£134k), Salford Methodist Circuit (£134k) and The Well Church, North Swindon (£134k).