Friends of William Gilpin School

Analysis

Friends of William Gilpin School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lymington. It was registered in November 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of William Gilpin School reported income of £16k and spending of £5,581, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 36% 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 William Gilpin School sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% 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 Marlborough Grant Maintained School Parent Teachers Association (£16k), Heswall Primary School Parents Teachers Association (£16k) and Happiness Foundation (£16k).