The Friends of Medstead School

Analysis

The Friends of Medstead School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alton. It was registered in December 1983, 43 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 August 2025, The Friends of Medstead School reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £13k to £19k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Friends of Medstead School sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Barnehurst Infants (£19k), The Kents Hill Junior School Parent-Teacher Association (£19k) and The East Worldham School Educational Charity (£19k).