The Ashford School Parents and Friends Association

Analysis

The Ashford School Parents and Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ashford School Parents and Friends Association reported income of £29k and spending of £30k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8,578 to £29k (+235%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ashford School Parents and Friends Association sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darlington (Gacmadheere) Foundation (£29k), Friends of Fircroft PTA (£29k) and 4th Letchworth Scout Group (£29k).