Friends of East Meru Community School

Analysis

Friends of East Meru Community School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Friends of East Meru Community School reported income of £18k and spending of £9,560, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £20k to £18k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friends of East Meru Community School sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Funeral Help (£18k), El Ministries International Church (£18k) and The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Trust (£18k).