Friends of Old Basing Schools

Analysis

Friends of Old Basing Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in October 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 September 2025, Friends of Old Basing Schools reported income of £40k and spending of £34k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £12k to £40k (+233%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 235%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Old Basing Schools sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 Gospel Oak School Association (£40k), The North London University of the Third Age (£40k) and Student Community Action - Volunteers in Cambridge (Cambridge Sca) (£40k).