Friends of Great Leighs School

Analysis

Friends of Great Leighs School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in January 1999, 27 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 March 2025, Friends of Great Leighs School reported income of £18k and spending of £12k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,027 to £18k (+355%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 296%. Over the whole period it spent 58% 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 Great Leighs School 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 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burnham-On-Crouch County Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£18k), Betty Martin Charity (£18k) and George Eliot Academy PTA (£18k).