The Woodford County High School Fund

Analysis

The Woodford County High School Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodford Green. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Woodford County High School Fund reported income of £23k and spending of £86k, spending 374% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £27k to £23k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Woodford County High School Fund sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Poynter Charitable Trust (£23k), Chalvedon Community Association (£23k) and Friends of Clewer Green School (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.