Friends of Betley School

Analysis

Friends of Betley School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crewe. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Betley School reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2,808 to £10k (+273%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 543%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Betley School sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dramahe (£10k), Friends of Buckstones (£10k) and Ghizng Kurdish Saturday School (£10k).