Oak Lodge Friends of the School Association

Analysis

Oak Lodge Friends of the School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Wickham. It was registered in March 2006, 20 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, Oak Lodge Friends of the School Association reported income of £37k and spending of £60k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £12k to £37k (+213%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oak Lodge Friends of the School Association sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chipstead Valley Primary School - Parents Teachers Friends Association (£37k), The Friends of Seal School PTFA (£37k) and Rhyl Education and Community Centre (£37k).