Grove Schools Parent/ Teacher Association

Analysis

Grove Schools Parent/ Teacher Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harpenden. It was registered in March 1974, 52 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 August 2025, Grove Schools Parent/ Teacher Association reported income of £69k and spending of £24k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £27k to £69k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Grove Schools Parent/ Teacher Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters Education Charity (£69k), Coombe Hill Infants School PTA (£69k) and Kiddiwinks Pre-School Trowbridge (£69k).