Tubbenden Friends Association

Analysis

Tubbenden Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tubbenden Friends Association reported income of £47k and spending of £51k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14k to £47k (+241%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Tubbenden Friends Association sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wyre District Scout Council (£47k), Westbury Park School Association (£47k) and Foundation of Christ's Hospital at Lincoln (£47k).