Friends of Darrick Wood Infant School

Analysis

Friends of Darrick Wood Infant School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Darrick Wood Infant School reported income of £22k and spending of £29k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,864 to £22k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Darrick Wood Infant School sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tettenhall Transport Heritage Centre (£22k), Woodthorpe Infants School Fund (£22k) and Friends of Hexham Priory School (£22k).