Shaftesbury Abbey CE VA Primary School PTFA

Analysis

Shaftesbury Abbey CE VA Primary School PTFA is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2026, Shaftesbury Abbey CE VA Primary School PTFA reported income of £13k and spending of £15k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £10k to £13k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Shaftesbury Abbey CE VA Primary School PTFA sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% 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 Independent Cadet Force (£13k), Friends of Kings' Forest Primary (£13k) and K E Prideaux-Brune's Charitable Settlement (£13k).