Friends of Commonswood School

Analysis

Friends of Commonswood School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Welwyn Garden City. It was registered in December 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 April 2026, Friends of Commonswood School reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £365 to £21k (+5686%), an average of +176% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 886%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Commonswood School 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 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Currie Trust (£21k), 1st Saltford Scout Group (£21k) and St Michael's School Association of Sandhurst (£21k).