Friends of Botley School

Analysis

Friends of Botley School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in March 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 Botley School reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £16k to £13k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Botley School sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hunstanton University of the Third Age (U3a) (£13k), Arbitration Fund for African Students (£13k) and The Queen Elizabeth's Mercian School (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.