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Friends of Melbourne School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1180247YorkChildren and youth development
Income£12k2025-11-01
Spending£12ksame year
Spent / received84%5-year average
Size in its cause46th pctChildren and youth development
Registered2018Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Friends of Melbourne School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Friends of Melbourne School reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £11k to £12k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of Melbourne School sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mungrisdale Recreation Room (£12k), Friends of Elloughton School Association (£12k) and Friends of Bredhurst C.e. ( Controlled ) Primary School (£12k).

Income and spending

£0£3,109£6,217£9,326£12k2021 Income: £10,5722021 Spending: £12,43420212022 Income: £12,4062022 Spending: £11,59920222023 Income: £10,7922023 Spending: £2,37020232024 Income: £6,9592024 Spending: £6,06320242025 Income: £11,8252025 Spending: £11,8032025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Friends of Melbourne School objective: the advancement of education by providing support to, and enhancement of, Melbourne Community Primary School for the benefit of all children who attend the school, including children who attend from the surrounding villages of Melbourne in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Mungrisdale Recreation RoomCumbria£12k
Friends of Elloughton School AssociationBrough£12k
Friends of Bredhurst C.e. ( Controlled ) Primary SchoolKent£12k
Friends of Benedict HouseSidcup£12k