CLASSICS FOR ALL
Registered charity 1135379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The charity works for a world in which every state school pupil has the opportunity to benefit from the learning and enjoyment which Classics can bring. Our mission is to create a sustainable demand for Classics in state schools and the resources, both within schools and externally, to meet it.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £140,935 and free reserves of £709,958, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £196,000. The Board attributes this improved financial position to a significant year-end donation and reduced programme expenditure, confirming that resources are adequate to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months' estimated core operating costs (held: £710k)
“In March 2024, the trustees decided to retain the minimum target for general reserve funds at approximately three months’ estimated core operating costs, a target of £196k for 2025.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £50,775
“Trustees donated £50,775 (2023: £94,845 ).” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2023) → 0 (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
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.
- TUDOR, Chris — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
- JOHNS, Lindsay — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
- MCCANN, Harriet Sarah — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
- CARAWAN, Mark — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
- MOSSMAN, Judith Margaret, Professor — director, appointed 26/03/2024on trustee list
- THOMPSON, Sonia Elaine — director, appointed 21/03/2022on trustee list
- GEARY, Helen Stewart — director, appointed 15/03/2021on trustee list
- GIBBS, Marion Olive — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
- MULVILLE, James Thomas — director, appointed 25/01/2018on trustee list
- LINDSEY-CLARK, Matthew Philip — director, appointed 22/10/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£147k
Reported reserves equal ~15.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 21.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (20/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Chris Tudor
- Harriet McCann
- Helen Stewart Geary · trustee of 1 other charity
- James Mulville
- Lindsay Johns
- Marion Gibbs
- Mark Carawan
- Matthew Philip Lindsey-Clark
- Professor Judith Mossman
- Sonia Thompson · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CLASSICS FOR ALL financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £140,935 and free reserves of £709,958, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £196,000. The Board attributes this improved financial position to a significant year-end donation and reduced programme expenditure, confirming that resources are adequate to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CLASSICS FOR ALL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CLASSICS FOR ALL as a grant recipient include THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST, THE POLONSKY FOUNDATION, THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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