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Prae Wood School Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 269393St AlbansEducation and training
Income£68k2025-07-31
Spending£55ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctEducation and training
Registered1975Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Prae Wood School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in April 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Prae Wood School Association reported income of £68k and spending of £55k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £20k to £68k (+241%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Prae Wood School Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charity Called Handsworth Grammar School (£68k), Red House Youth Trust (£68k) and Blackheath High School Association (£68k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£34k£51k£68k2021 Income: £19,8992021 Spending: £13,27220212022 Income: £55,4222022 Spending: £45,37920222023 Income: £52,3352023 Spending: £58,05820232024 Income: £43,3182024 Spending: £58,28920242025 Income: £67,8622025 Spending: £54,6652025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The main activities of the Prae Wood School Association (PWSA) in relation to the objectives are the organisation of fund raising activities and the provision of assistance to the school when required to support the school in the advancement of the education of pupils attending the school.

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