Friends of Layer School

Analysis

Friends of Layer School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Layer School reported income of £19k and spending of £12k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,211 to £19k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Layer School sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% 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 British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (£19k), The Broadstone Choir (£19k) and Saxons Scout Group (£19k).