Friends of Sutton Benger School

Analysis

Friends of Sutton Benger School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chippenham. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2026, Friends of Sutton Benger School reported income of £17k and spending of £4,226, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £4,809 to £17k (+252%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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 Sutton Benger School sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Society for Early Modern French Studies (£17k), Whitwell New Fellowship Hall (£17k) and Green Opera (£17k).