THE SCHOOL OF ARTISAN FOOD
Registered charity 1139632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The School of Artisan Food (SAF) aims to provide students, regardless of their background and socioeconomic circumstances, with an education in all aspects of artisan food production.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £146,779 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £355,163. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient cash resources to meet all liabilities falling due within 12 months and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited
“The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited (Trustee Alison Swan Parente is a director and the controlling shareholder of The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited.) The charity received donations from this company of £23,000 (2024 - £16,000) The charity purchased goods from this company of £236 (2024 – £170). The charity made sales to this company of £678 (2024 - £2,113). The charity recharged IT, pension, utility and staff costs to this company of £39,686 (2024 - £40,400). At the balance sheet date, the total amount due from The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited was £3,639 (2024 - £7,126).”
“Stichelton Dairy Limited (Trustee Joe Schneider is a director of the company). The charity recharged staff costs to this company of £920 (2024 - £934). The charity made sales of £Nil (2024 - £848) to this company. At the balance sheet date, the total amount due to Stichelton Dairy Limited was £Nil (2024 - £112).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Stichelton Dairy Limited
“The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited (Trustee Alison Swan Parente is a director and the controlling shareholder of The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited.) The charity received donations from this company of £23,000 (2024 - £16,000) The charity purchased goods from this company of £236 (2024 – £170). The charity made sales to this company of £678 (2024 - £2,113). The charity recharged IT, pension, utility and staff costs to this company of £39,686 (2024 - £40,400). At the balance sheet date, the total amount due from The Welbeck Bakehouse Limited was £3,639 (2024 - £7,126).”
“Stichelton Dairy Limited (Trustee Joe Schneider is a director of the company). The charity recharged staff costs to this company of £920 (2024 - £934). The charity made sales of £Nil (2024 - £848) to this company. At the balance sheet date, the total amount due to Stichelton Dairy Limited was £Nil (2024 - £112).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Affinia Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Nick Hatton — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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).
- ALISON JANE SWAN PARENTE
- DANIEL JESSEL
- Fran Warde
- Hilary Hamer
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHNEIDER
- Julian Glover · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nicholas Julian Hatton FCA CTA
- Richard Smith
- SUSAN AMAKU
- Susan Jones
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Nottinghamshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE SCHOOL OF ARTISAN FOOD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £146,779 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £355,163. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient cash resources to meet all liabilities falling due within 12 months and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia Limited.
Who funds THE SCHOOL OF ARTISAN FOOD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SCHOOL OF ARTISAN FOOD as a grant recipient include WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LINBURY TRUST, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND).
Known funders
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