Friends of St Stephens Infant School

Analysis

Friends of St Stephens Infant School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of St Stephens Infant School reported income of £13k and spending of £10k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,116 to £13k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 St Stephens Infant School sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Own Books (£13k), Lytham St Annes University of the Third Age (£13k) and The Carlisle and District Music and Drama Festival (£13k).