Ashleigh Friends

Analysis

Ashleigh Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in January 1989, 37 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, Ashleigh Friends reported income of £13k and spending of £3,765, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,653 to £13k (+676%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 387%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ashleigh Friends sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montgomery Lectureship Trust (£13k), Friends of Earls Colne Primary School & Nursey (£13k) and St Mary's C of E School Thornbury Parent Teacher and Friends Association (£13k).