The Friends of George Whitefield College

Analysis

The Friends of George Whitefield College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of George Whitefield College reported income of £171k and spending of £176k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £283k to £171k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 57%. 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, The Friends of George Whitefield College sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South & West Yorkshire Wing Atc (£171k), The Berry Patch (£171k) and Bloodhound Education Ltd. (£171k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.