Friends of Elmwood School (South Woodham Ferrers)

Analysis

Friends of Elmwood School (South Woodham Ferrers) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Elmwood School (South Woodham Ferrers) reported income of £38k and spending of £28k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,937 to £38k (+286%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Elmwood School (South Woodham Ferrers) sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Rodmarton School (£38k), Ellesborough Parish Hall (£38k) and Robert Pashley Memorial Hall, Walford (£38k).