The Commonweal Parent-Teacher Association

Analysis

The Commonweal Parent-Teacher Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in December 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2026, The Commonweal Parent-Teacher Association reported income of £17k and spending of £10k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £10k to £17k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Commonweal Parent-Teacher Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Cavendish in Camden (£17k), Christ the King Infant and Junior School Parent Teacher Association (£17k) and West Walton Village Hall (£17k).