Parents and Friends of the School

Analysis

Parents and Friends of the School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wincanton. It was registered in April 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, Parents and Friends of the School reported income of £12k and spending of £21k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2,242 to £12k (+414%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 255%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Parents and Friends of the School 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Stamfordham Primary School (£12k), Clapham Terrace Primary School and Nursery Hsa (£12k) and Surrey U3a Network (£12k).