DOWNHAM SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1143504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOWNHAM SCHOOL

Provision of education for pre school children

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING POOR CHILDREN INHABITANTS OF THE CHAPELRY OF DOWNHAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND AND IN OTHER USEFUL KNOWLEDGE UPON AND IN CONFORMITY WITH SYSTEM AND RULES OF THE INCORPORATED NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIETY

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 net expenditure of £14,209 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £56,709 to £42,500. The Trustees acknowledge the deficit position but express confidence in recovery, citing substantial reserves and a prudent minimum cash balance target of £55,000. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• HON RALPH CHRISTOPHER ASSHETONchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• CHARLES SCROPE EDWARD YORKE
• OLIVIA SARAH ASSHETON · trustee of 3 other charities
• ROBERT MICHAEL PARKINSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• THOMAS IAIN MANSON

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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