Friends of Dawpool School

Analysis

Friends of Dawpool School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Dawpool School reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,072 to £21k (+424%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Dawpool School sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derby Grammar School PTA (£21k), New Oscott School Parents Association (£21k) and Friends of Acle St Edmund Primary School Association (£21k).

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.