Friends of Ashley School

Analysis

Friends of Ashley School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walton-On-Thames. It was registered in July 1993, 33 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 Ashley School reported income of £25k and spending of £47k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £18k to £25k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 133% 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 Ashley School sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ist Southampton (Aldermoor) Scouts Group (£25k), Thomas Ryder Wilton Bequest (£25k) and Brookhurst School Association (£25k).