Bamford School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association

Analysis

Bamford School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hope Valley. It was registered in September 1979, 47 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 July 2025, Bamford School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association reported income of £15k and spending of £3,079, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £7,890 to £15k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bamford School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dormandsland School Parent Teacher Association (£15k), Boughton Monchelsea Scout Group (£15k) and Friends of Ardley Hill (£15k).