Friends of Western Downland Primary School

Analysis

Friends of Western Downland Primary School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fordingbridge. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Friends of Western Downland Primary School reported income of £13k and spending of £21k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £5,252 to £13k (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Western Downland Primary School sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% 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 Round Diamond School (£13k), The Friends of the William Hogarth School (£13k) and St Thomas' C. E. School P.t.a. (£13k).