Friends of Pear Tree Mead

Analysis

Friends of Pear Tree Mead is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 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 Pear Tree Mead reported income of £14k and spending of £23k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,634 to £14k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 Pear Tree Mead sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edmonds and Coles Scholarships (£14k), 9th Carshalton Scout Group (£14k) and Rowlands Gill Volunteer Library Association (£14k).