Friends of Cranborne

Analysis

Friends of Cranborne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Cranborne reported income of £39k and spending of £28k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £28k to £39k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Cranborne sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Danbury Park School Association (£39k), St Vincent's School Parents and Friends Association (£39k) and William Older's School Charity (£39k).