Friends of Red Oaks

Analysis

Friends of Red Oaks is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Friends of Red Oaks reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1,882 to £15k (+716%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 339%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of Red Oaks sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Ivy Bank (£15k), Market Weighton Infant School Fund Raising Committee(Pta) (£15k) and The Hussey Trust (£15k).