The Friends of the Margaret Junior School

Analysis

The Friends of the Margaret Junior School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of the Margaret Junior School reported income of £39k and spending of £46k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £39k (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Friends of the Margaret Junior School 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evangelical World Crusaders of Celestial Church of Christ (£39k), Victoria Park Fellowship Trust (£39k) and Barts and the London Alumni Association Benevolent Fund (£39k).