Balshaw Lane Parents, Teacher and Friends Association CIO

Analysis

Balshaw Lane Parents, Teacher and Friends Association CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chorley. It was registered in November 2022, 4 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Balshaw Lane Parents, Teacher and Friends Association CIO reported income of £28k and spending of £25k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2023 to August 2025, income grew from £19k to £28k (+49%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Balshaw Lane Parents, Teacher and Friends Association CIO sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cromer Road School Parents Association (£28k), Friends of Rcsi (£28k) and Berkshire Outdoor Education Trust Limited (£28k).