The UK Friends of the University of Auckland

Analysis

The UK Friends of the University of Auckland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The UK Friends of the University of Auckland reported income of £136k and spending of £208k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £138k to £136k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The UK Friends of the University of Auckland sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barrow Hill Pre-School (£136k), Knebworth Pre School (£136k) and Bridge Village Playgroup (£136k).