THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1086037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £12,000 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing to £111,000. The trustees' report indicates a policy of distributing donations as grants rather than retaining reserves, noting that ongoing running expenses are covered by incoming resources. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the company'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

Reserves policy: distribute donations received as soon as possible in the form of grants (held: £111k)
“The Company does not intend to retain any reserves over the long term, as its normal policy will be to distribute donations received as soon as possible in the form of grants.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“Donations were received from three trustees in the year ended 30th June 2025, totalling £4,500.00 (2024:£NIL)” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.7m£1.8m
30/06/2024£1.6m£1.6m
30/06/2023£4.0m£3.9m
30/06/2022£1.1m£1.2m
30/06/2021£1.7m£1.7m

Common questions

Is THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £12,000 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing to £111,000. The trustees' report indicates a policy of distributing donations as grants rather than retaining reserves, noting that ongoing running expenses are covered by incoming resources. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED as a grant recipient include NNS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NNS FOUNDATIONFY2024£126k
NNS FOUNDATIONFY2025£67kcontributes to ASL's overall fundraising goals, which benefit the school's programs and initiatives

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
YETEV LEV LONDON JERUSALEM TRUST FY2025£753k—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt

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