Friends of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Penrith)

Analysis

Friends of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Penrith) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penrith. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Penrith) reported income of £14k and spending of £45k, spending 330% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,505 to £14k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Penrith) sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK and Ireland Controlled Release Society (£14k), The Roysia Foundation (£14k) and Kingstone and Thruxton Church of England Educational Charity (£14k).