The Friends of Canford School

Analysis

The Friends of Canford School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00383983). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Friends of Canford School reported income of £13k and spending of £17k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £8,088 to £13k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Friends of Canford School sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Pickhill School (£13k), Hawridge & Cholesbury C of E School Fund (£13k) and St David's College PTA (£13k).