AVALON ASSESSMENTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1119566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide assessments mainly for the Agricultural,Horticulture and allied industries,using both computer based and practical types of assessment as appropriate.

Objects

3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS STUDYING AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ABORICULTURE BY MEANS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL PROFICIENCY TEST COUNCIL (NPTC) APPROVED PROFICIENCY TEST CENTRES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE SKILL LEVEL OF SUCH STUDENTS.

Area of benefit: DORSET, SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE

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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Latest income

£233k

Latest spending

£214k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £232,443, up from £213,659 the previous year, driven by a surplus of £18,784. The charity reports it has continued operating as normal with no material uncertainties affecting its 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

Related-party transaction: No trustee remuneration or expenses were paid.

“During the year, no Trustees received any renumeration or other benefits (2024 - £Nil) During the year ended 31 January 2024, no Trustee expenses have been incurred (2024 - £NIL)” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL ALDRIDGEchair
David House · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Stephen Cullen

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£233k	£214k
31/01/2024	£201k	£213k
31/01/2023	£181k	£174k
31/01/2022	£193k	£174k
31/01/2021	£125k	£128k

Common questions

Is AVALON ASSESSMENTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £232,443, up from £213,659 the previous year, driven by a surplus of £18,784. The charity reports it has continued operating as normal with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£29k
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
THE J R S S T CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY	1	£10k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£8k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE CLOVER TRUST	1	£3k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVALON GROUP (SOCIAL CARE).

AVALON GROUP (SOCIAL CARE) income £11.7m
AVALON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.2m
THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
THE AVON CENTRE LIMITED income £490k
ORCHARD VALE TRUST LIMITED income £3.2m
THE BURWARTON AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £352k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AVALON ASSESSMENTS LIMITED	£233k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AVALON GROUP (SOCIAL CARE) FY2025	£11.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	below	—	no doubt
AVALON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.7m	in excess of £70,000	1	unclear	—	material uncertainty
THE AVON CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£490k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ORCHARD VALE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£3.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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