Preston School Children's Fund and Thomas Parkinson Bequest

Analysis

Preston School Children's Fund and Thomas Parkinson Bequest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Preston School Children's Fund and Thomas Parkinson Bequest reported income of £11k and spending of £7,991, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,790 to £11k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Preston School Children's Fund and Thomas Parkinson Bequest sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% 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 Birchos Yosef (UK) Limited (£11k), The Ashton Keynes Charity (£11k) and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Western Europe (£11k).