AREA 51 EDUCATION

Registered charity 1139447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Area 51 Education provides full and part time continuing education opportunities to young people over the age of 16 who have severe, profound or complex learning difficulties and physical disabilities.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL SKILLS FOR LIFE AND WORK.B) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.C) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITIES BY:A. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES;B. PROVIDING A POSITIVE MODEL FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AFTER COMPULSORY SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE.D) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND / OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.E) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND / OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES LIVING IN THE AREA OF LONDON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION; C. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; F) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. G) TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND EMPLOYMENT IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE COMPANIES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 deficit of £66,305 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by staff costs inflating faster than anticipated funding levels. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £428,460 to £354,207, while the trustees note that slow payment of learner funding creates a significant operational risk with only just over a month of cash reserves available. Despite these pressures, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dickinsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 6 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
• Risk management
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 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 (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Robert Stansell
• Nicholas Anthony Fryars

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

Operates in: Barnet · Camden · Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington · Kensington And Chelsea · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with READING EDUCATION TRUST.

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• THE PARK EDUCATION LTD income £569k
• JLE income £3.2m

Side by side with its peers

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