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Friends of Somersham School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1095350IpswichEducation and training
Income£11k2025-08-31
Spending£6,179same year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause39th pctEducation and training
Registered2003Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Friends of Somersham School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Somersham School reported income of £11k and spending of £6,179, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,794 to £11k (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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 Somersham School sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% 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 Somerfords Walter Powell Home & School Association (£11k), Friends of St Peter's C. of E. Infant and Nursery School (£11k) and Copford Primary School PTA (£11k).

Income and spending

£0£3,066£6,133£9,199£12k2021 Income: £4,7942021 Spending: £7,49120212022 Income: £11,2282022 Spending: £5,52420222023 Income: £12,2652023 Spending: £6,59520232024 Income: £10,2562024 Spending: £11,95620242025 Income: £11,3042025 Spending: £6,1792025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

FOSS raise funds to support the village school, subsidising school trips, purchasing equipment requested by the teachers and children, buying books, and enabling visits from various workshops and external groups. We arrange lots of fundraising activities, such as fetes, raffles, bingo, trails and quizzes that the school, families and local community can join in with.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Somerfords Walter Powell Home & School AssociationWiltshire£11k
Friends of St Peter's C. of E. Infant and Nursery SchoolBirmingham£11k
Copford Primary School PTAColchester£11k
The Bewdley Old Grammar School FoundationBewdley£11k