Friends of Highfield, Shortlands

Analysis

Friends of Highfield, Shortlands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in February 1994, 32 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 Highfield, Shortlands reported income of £59k and spending of £48k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21k to £59k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Highfield, Shortlands sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Bro Dysynni (£59k), 15th Bromley (Bickley and Widmore) Scout Group (£59k) and Combe Bank Educational Trust (£59k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.