Friends of Matching Green School

Analysis

Friends of Matching Green School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harlow. It was registered in February 1995, 31 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 Matching Green School reported income of £12k and spending of £6,396, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £867 to £12k (+1270%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 413%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Matching Green School sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ubley Primary School Parent Teachers Association (£12k), Friends of Bunny School (£12k) and The Kevin Cruise Foundation (£12k).