The Friends of Lady Joanna Thornhill (Endowed) School

Analysis

The Friends of Lady Joanna Thornhill (Endowed) School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford Kent. It was registered in January 1988, 38 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 September 2025, The Friends of Lady Joanna Thornhill (Endowed) School reported income of £24k and spending of £27k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £8,523 to £24k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Lady Joanna Thornhill (Endowed) School sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parent, Teacher and Friends Association (PTFA) of the Malcolm Sargent Grant Maintained School (£24k), Holtspur School P.t.a (£24k) and 1st Holmer, Hereford, Scout Group (£24k).

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.