Birchwood Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association

Analysis

Birchwood Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Birchwood Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association reported income of £11k and spending of £7,270, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,254 to £11k (+778%), an average of +72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 345%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Birchwood Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Stanford School (£11k), 146th Sheffield (Old Norton) Scout Group (£11k) and Dover College Scholarship and Prize Fund (£11k).