Friends of Leiston Primary School

Analysis

Friends of Leiston Primary School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 1996, 30 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 Leiston Primary School reported income of £12k and spending of £5,665, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £624 to £12k (+1830%), an average of +110% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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 Leiston Primary School sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Walwayne Court School Association (£12k), Nottingham Advanced Motorcyclists Affiliated to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (£12k) and Little Thurrock School Association (£12k).