Friends of Botley School

Analysis

Friends of Botley School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Botley School reported income of £28k and spending of £26k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £13k to £28k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Friends of Botley School sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 Welwyn Hatfield Festival of Dance (£28k), Joseph Williamson Society (£28k) and Reading Scottish Pipe Band (£28k).