The Friends of the John Wesley School

Analysis

The Friends of the John Wesley School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Friends of the John Wesley School reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3,846 to £12k (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 259%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Friends of the John Wesley School sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Avenue Child Contact Centre (£12k), Friends of Trinity First School (£12k) and City of Wells Lions Club (CIO) (£12k).