Friends of the Solent Schools

Analysis

Friends of the Solent Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. 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 and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2026, Friends of the Solent Schools reported income of £17k and spending of £16k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £5,038 to £17k (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 126%. 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, Friends of the Solent Schools sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Audlem Educational Foundation (£17k), Stopsley Primary School Association (£17k) and The Sussex Road School Association (£17k).