Friends of Oakley Special School

Analysis

Friends of Oakley Special School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Oakley Special School reported income of £24k and spending of £10k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,134 to £24k (+285%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Oakley Special School sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Boughton Village Hall (£24k), Neath and District Unit 388 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£24k) and The Rufforth Institute (£24k).