The Friends of the Old School, Oakley

Analysis

The Friends of the Old School, Oakley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Friends of the Old School, Oakley reported income of £18k and spending of £20k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £33k to £18k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Friends of the Old School, Oakley sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watnall (Notts) Women's Institute (£18k), The Rhododendron Camellia and Magnolia Group (£18k) and The Richard Feilden Foundation: Education, Architecture, Africa (£18k).

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.