Abel Smith School Parents and Friends Association

Analysis

Abel Smith School Parents and Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Abel Smith School Parents and Friends Association reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,316 to £16k (+263%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Abel Smith School Parents and Friends Association sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Crick Old School (£16k), Bobby's Big Heart (£16k) and Charity of Richard James (£16k).