The Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers Bell Restoration Fund

Analysis

The Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers Bell Restoration Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers Bell Restoration Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £1,352, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £12k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers Bell Restoration Fund sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dyke Baptist Chapel and Schoolroom CIO (£12k), Charity for Maintenance of Minister (£12k) and Grand Union Quaker Camps (£12k).