Friends of the London Oratory School

Analysis

Friends of the London Oratory School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03983543). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of the London Oratory School reported income of £789k and spending of £1.3m, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £309k to £789k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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 the London Oratory School sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parent-Infant Foundation Ltd (£777k), The Maud Elkington Charitable Trust (£800k) and Devotional Associates of Yogeshwar (£771k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £692k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate.

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.