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Higham Ferrers Adult Schools

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 227823northantsGrant-making and general purposes
Income£14k2025-04-05
Spending£12ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause49th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1963Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Higham Ferrers Adult Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in northants. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Higham Ferrers Adult Schools reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,022 to £14k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Higham Ferrers Adult Schools sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% 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 Mrs Greenwood's 1984 Charity Trust (£14k), Harlesden Lodge Benevolent Fund (£14k) and The Mayor of the Council of the City and County of Swansea's Appeal Fund (£14k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£3,517£7,034£11k£14k2021 Income: £7,0222021 Spending: £8,33920212022 Income: £11,2102022 Spending: £8,08220222023 Income: £10,6712023 Spending: £9,24620232024 Income: £11,7752024 Spending: £13,76420242025 Income: £14,0682025 Spending: £11,5382025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Adult education part of the national adult school.Income derived from hire of hall

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Mrs Greenwood's 1984 Charity TrustLondon£14k
Harlesden Lodge Benevolent FundLincoln£14k
The Mayor of the Council of the City and County of Swansea's Appeal FundWest Glamorgan£14k
Maidenhead CareBerkshire£14k