Lea and Garsdon's Parent, Teacher and Friends Association PTFA

Analysis

Lea and Garsdon's Parent, Teacher and Friends Association PTFA is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. 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 August 2025, Lea and Garsdon's Parent, Teacher and Friends Association PTFA reported income of £26k and spending of £11k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £19k to £26k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 960%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lea and Garsdon's Parent, Teacher and Friends Association PTFA sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 43rd Middlesbrough (Marchesi) Scout Group (£26k), Lord Williams's Association (£26k) and 1st Cowfold Scout Group (£26k).