Friends of Purley School Parent Teacher Association

Analysis

Friends of Purley School Parent Teacher Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 2000, 26 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, Friends of Purley School Parent Teacher Association reported income of £11k and spending of £2,063, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,770 to £11k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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 Purley School Parent Teacher Association 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Exning School (£11k), St Elmo Memorial Trust (£11k) and St Minver CP School PTA (£11k).