Parents and Friends of Shaw

Analysis

Parents and Friends of Shaw is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melksham. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Parents and Friends of Shaw reported income of £13k and spending of £8,459, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,476 to £13k (+182%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 342%. 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, Parents and Friends of Shaw sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helping Angels (£13k), Friends of South Molton United C of E Primary School (£13k) and Wanstead Church of England School Governors' Fund (£13k).