Friends of Sowerby School

Analysis

Friends of Sowerby School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thirsk. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Friends of Sowerby School reported income of £13k and spending of £11k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £3,419 to £13k (+282%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Sowerby School sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gladstone Memorial Trust (£13k), Friends of Yattendon (£13k) and Hadnall Primary School PTA (£13k).