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Friends of King's School Macclesfield

RegisteredRegistered charity number 510919CheshireEducation and training
Income£19k2025-08-31
Spending£21ksame year
Spent / received77%5-year average
Size in its cause51st pctEducation and training
Registered1980Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Friends of King's School Macclesfield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1980, 46 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, Friends of King's School Macclesfield reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17k to £19k (+9.3%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of King's School Macclesfield sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 20th Willesden Scout Group (£19k), Oxbridge Foundation (£19k) and Kingham Primary School Association (£19k).

Income and spending

£0£6,012£12k£18k£24k2021 Income: £17,3442021 Spending: £12,19220212022 Income: £21,3632022 Spending: £19,25020222023 Income: £11,9092023 Spending: £9,66120232024 Income: £24,0492024 Spending: £10,75720242025 Income: £18,9652025 Spending: £20,5902025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

General fundraising activities with donations made to the Bursary Fund, Sports equipment, Duke of Edinburghs Award equipment, Musical instruments.

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