CHARTERS-ANCASTER COLLEGE (1995)

Registered charity 1054300 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARTERS - ANCASTER COLLEGE

102 Education/training

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have improved from a deficit of £37,728 in the prior year to a surplus of £167,628, supported by increased income from nursery fees. The trustees report that the charity is reliant on continued support from parents and bankers, though no adverse change is currently indicated. The audit confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The school is reliant on the continued support of the parents, its bankers and other benefactors. Currently there is no indication that this support will change adversely over the next twelve months.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ad Valorem Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Gel Baker — Deputy Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£168k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Don Young
FIONA JANE KELLETT
James Nathan Cole
Lynn Langlands
Nicky Crump
SARAH NORMAN

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.4m	£1.2m
31/08/2024	£988k	£1.0m
31/08/2023	£953k	£896k
31/08/2022	£695k	£670k
31/08/2021	£634k	£616k

Common questions

Is CHARTERS-ANCASTER COLLEGE (1995) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have improved from a deficit of £37,728 in the prior year to a surplus of £167,628, supported by increased income from nursery fees. The trustees report that the charity is reliant on continued support from parents and bankers, though no adverse change is currently indicated. The audit confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ad Valorem Audit Services Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL	1	£21k
THE ELIEZER FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KOLEL BYS SHLOME ARYE TRUST.

KOLEL BYS SHLOME ARYE TRUST income £857k
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST income £1.5m
VITA ET PAX SCHOOL (COCKFOSTERS) LIMITED income £972k
Chiltern Nursery and Training College income £2.8m
DE ASTON SCHOOL FUND income £368k
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £6.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARTERS-ANCASTER COLLEGE (1995)	£1.4m	—	0	above	—	noted
KOLEL BYS SHLOME ARYE TRUST FY2025	£857k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VITA ET PAX SCHOOL (COCKFOSTERS) LIMITED FY2025	£972k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Chiltern Nursery and Training College FY2025	£2.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
DE ASTON SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£368k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.