The Lancashire Association of Change Ringers' Bell Restoration Fund

Analysis

The Lancashire Association of Change Ringers' Bell Restoration Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lancashire Association of Change Ringers' Bell Restoration Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £29k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,734 to £20k (+1075%), an average of +85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Lancashire Association of Change Ringers' Bell Restoration Fund sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Green Pastures Christian Centre (£20k), Brentwood Reform Synagogue (£20k) and Grace for the Next Generation Limited (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.