Friends of St Helen's School

Analysis

Friends of St Helen's School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of St Helen's School reported income of £25k and spending of £36k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12k to £25k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of St Helen's School sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Church House Centre (Tring) (£25k), The Target Trust (£25k) and Kingswood Village Hall (£25k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.