The Friends of Wellington School, Somerset, CIO

Analysis

The Friends of Wellington School, Somerset, CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellington. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Friends of Wellington School, Somerset, CIO reported income of £22k and spending of £11k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,493 to £22k (+395%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 387%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Wellington School, Somerset, CIO sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chesterton Community College Parent & Teacher Association (£22k), The Parent Teacher Association of Horncastle County Primary School (£22k) and St Margaret's PTA (£22k).