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The Friends of St Gregorys Minster Kirkdale

RegisteredRegistered charity number 700344North YorkshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£10k2025-12-31
Spending£6,680same year
Spent / received56%5-year average
Size in its cause32nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1988Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Friends of St Gregorys Minster Kirkdale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in June 1988, 38 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 and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of St Gregorys Minster Kirkdale reported income of £10k and spending of £6,680, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,175 to £10k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, The Friends of St Gregorys Minster Kirkdale sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for Dance Research (£10k), The Dovercourt Choral Society (£10k) and St Mary's Youth Theatre (£10k).

Income and spending

£0£12k£24k£37k£49k2021 Income: £5,1752021 Spending: £80120212022 Income: £16,9872022 Spending: £22,87220222023 Income: £22,4732023 Spending: £3,05720232024 Income: £48,6992024 Spending: £24,44320242025 Income: £10,0942025 Spending: £6,6802025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We provide financial support for conservation, maintenance, improvement and public understanding of church and curtilage; sponsor the annual Kirkdale Lecture on aspects of the Minster in its parochial and regional context; publish the Kirkdale Monograph series based on the Lectures; and informally provide educational and informational resources for Friends, JCC and general public.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Society for Dance ResearchCoventry£10k
The Dovercourt Choral SocietyEssex£10k
St Mary's Youth TheatreLeeds£10k
Stanmer with Falmer Parish HallBrighton£10k