Friends of Thorndown Schools

Analysis

Friends of Thorndown Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in June 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 Thorndown Schools reported income of £17k and spending of £21k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,786 to £17k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Thorndown Schools sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed School (£17k), Friends of Thorpe School Association (£17k) and 10th Oxford Boy Scout Group (£17k).