Friends of Four Marks School

Analysis

Friends of Four Marks School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alton. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Four Marks School reported income of £19k and spending of £8,292, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,983 to £19k (+222%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 492%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Four Marks School sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% 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 Badsey Remembrance Hall (£19k), St Neots Choral Society (£19k) and Llansawel Recreation Field and Hall Trust (£19k).