Shelford School PTA

Analysis

Shelford School PTA is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Shelford School PTA reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £8,634 to £19k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Shelford School PTA sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 3rd Chippenham Scout Group (£19k), The Friends of Molescroft School (£19k) and The Literary and Philosophical Society at Kingston Upon Hull (£19k).

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.