Friends of Whitley Lodge First School

Analysis

Friends of Whitley Lodge First School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitley Bay. It was registered in November 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 July 2025, Friends of Whitley Lodge First School reported income of £10k and spending of £3,000, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2,935 to £10k (+241%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 25% 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 Whitley Lodge First School sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brentwood Trust (£10k), Helping Hands Social Trust (UK) (£10k) and Foundation for European Economic Development (£10k).