The Parkes Foundation

Analysis

The Parkes Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parkes Foundation reported income of £14k and spending of £27k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,103 to £14k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 196% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Parkes Foundation 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 Ide Hill Church of England School (£14k), Friends of Towcester Primary School (£14k) and Friends of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary & Nursery School (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.