Birchwood Parents, Staff & Friends Association

Analysis

Birchwood Parents, Staff & Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Birchwood Parents, Staff & Friends Association reported income of £14k and spending of £18k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,884 to £14k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Birchwood Parents, Staff & Friends Association sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The John Hampden War Memorial Scholarship Fund (£14k), 1st Sherborne Scout Group (£14k) and Thurgarton Village Hall (£14k).