Friends of the Lantern School

Analysis

Friends of the Lantern School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in June 2007, 19 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 the Lantern School reported income of £26k and spending of £22k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,025 to £26k (+270%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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 the Lantern School sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St Ambrose College Charity (£26k), The Educational Charity of John Matthews (£26k) and Association of British Spectroscopists Trust (£26k).