Friends of Western Road School

Analysis

Friends of Western Road School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Western Road School reported income of £41k and spending of £76k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17k to £41k (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Western Road 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 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beaumont School Association (£41k), 6th Netley Marsh Scout Group (£41k) and The Darul Azker Trust (£41k).