THE AES TRING PARK SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1040330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARTS EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL, THE ARTS EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL TRING PARK

The provision of advancement in general education and specialised performing arts training in dance, drama, musical theatre and music. Training will also cover other forms of theatre, performance, art and any other subjects considered likely to assist students desiring to follow a career in or connected with the arts, colleges and universities specialising in similar subjects.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £0.694m for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £18.5m. The trustees report that the school is meeting its unrestricted cash target of £1.5m with net current assets of £2.3m after deducting restricted funds, although it currently has no free reserves. The medium-term aim is to achieve positive free reserves within five years as the bank loan connected to school buildings is repaid.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £510k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK ANDREW HEWITTchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• ANGELA ELIZABETH ODELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Zammit
• ERIC PILLINGER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Holmes
• Edward James Thomas Williams
• Emma Wilson
• Jan Kitteridge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katherine O'Shaughnessy
• Kathryn Gorman
• Katya Rose Ruffell
• Richard Brash
• Simon David Knee

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE TRUST.

• THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE TRUST income £28.8m
• THE TILLETT TRUST income £241k
• DEAL MUSIC AND ARTS LIMITED income £242k
• THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD income £251k
• THE ARTS EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS income £12.0m
• SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED income £183k

Side by side with its peers

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