Friends of Lancashire Archives

Analysis

Friends of Lancashire Archives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancs. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Friends of Lancashire Archives reported income of £41k and spending of £56k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9,474 to £41k (+328%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 175% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Lancashire Archives sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheffield Oratorio Chorus (£41k), Queenspark Books (£41k) and The Pevensey Town Trust (£40k).

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.