Austin Friars

Analysis

Austin Friars is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Austin Friars reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,075 to £15k (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Austin Friars 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 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broomgrove Schools Association (£15k), 3rd Totnes Sea Scout Group (£15k) and Friends of Butleigh School (£15k).