Friends of Connor Downs Academy

Analysis

Friends of Connor Downs Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hayle. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Connor Downs Academy reported income of £13k and spending of £5,916, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,877 to £13k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 235%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Connor Downs Academy sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Brockwell Park (£13k), Washford Village Memorial Hall (£13k) and King George's Field, Farnborough (£13k).