Friends of Barrington School

Analysis

Friends of Barrington School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Barrington School reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £26k to £16k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Barrington School sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Treforest Boys' Club (£16k), The Whitecross Hall (Bucks) Management Association (£16k) and The Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music Endowment Trust (£16k).