Friends of Drayton School Association

Analysis

Friends of Drayton School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Drayton School Association reported income of £23k and spending of £20k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,788 to £23k (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Drayton School Association sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Brookside - Street (£23k), West Didsbury CE PTA (£23k) and 2nd SOUTHAMPTON (SHIRLEY) SCOUT GROUP (£23k).