Friends of Southwood Infant School

Analysis

Friends of Southwood Infant School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Southwood Infant School reported income of £11k and spending of £19k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-11%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 Southwood Infant School sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% 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 The Little Harrowden School Parents Association (£11k), The Friends of St Josephs (£11k) and Millwheelers (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.