Oaklands First School Association

Analysis

Oaklands First School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Oaklands First School Association reported income of £47k and spending of £58k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £20k to £47k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Oaklands First School Association sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Royal West of England Academy (£47k), London City Orchestra (£47k) and University of the Third Age (Dacorum) (£47k).