Association of Parents and Friends of Bower Grove School

Analysis

Association of Parents and Friends of Bower Grove School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in October 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Association of Parents and Friends of Bower Grove School reported income of £87k and spending of £98k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,681 to £87k (+800%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 778%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Association of Parents and Friends of Bower Grove School sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Light for the People Ministry (£87k), Northampton Mencap (£87k) and Hana Development Association (£87k).