Friends of Watton Westfield and Watton Junior Schools

Analysis

Friends of Watton Westfield and Watton Junior Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thetford. It was registered in April 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, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Watton Westfield and Watton Junior Schools reported income of £12k and spending of £9,586, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2,931 to £12k (+296%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Watton Westfield and Watton Junior Schools 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 Friends of Hillcrest School (£12k), Blackrod County Primary School Parent Teacher and Friends Association (£12k) and 2nd Great Parndon (Harlow) Scout Group (£12k).