Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning

Registered charity 1066821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHERRYTREES KINDERGARTEN, LANCASTER STEINER EDUCATION PROJECT, LANCASTER STEINER RAINBOW PARENT & TODDLER GROUP, LANCASTER STEINER RAINBOW PLAYGROUP, LANCASTER STEINER SCHOOL, LANCASTER STEINER SCHOOL LTD

education/training:The schools vision aims to help children have a full experience of childhood that can nourish and develop their innate capabilities, so that they become responsible, free individuals who think clearly, observe perceptively and act considerately.We encourage children to become independent and capable learners. This develops their innate capacities for wonder and imagination.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION UPON THE PRINCIPALS INDICATED BY THE LATE DR RUDOLF STEINER AND TO CONDUCT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 2) TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY ON A SCHOOL WHERE PUPILS, SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS MAY OBTAIN ON MODERATE TERMS A SOUND GENERAL EDUCATION UPON THE PRINCIPLES INDICATED BY RUDOLF STEINER. 3) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ALL OR SUCH OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, INCLUDING THE ART OF EURYTHMY AS ARE NECESSARY

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,943 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £115,669 and expenditure of £106,726. Free reserves stood at £43,117, which the trustees note is slightly higher than their policy target of approximately three months' expenditure (£30,000). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Calum MacLurechair
• David John Barton
• Gabriella Cani
• Hannah MacLure
• Hollie Kritikos Blades
• Hugh Tuffen
• Zoe Wild

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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