AMBITION INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1146924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMBITION SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TRUST, TEACHING LEADERS

Latest income

£33.1m

Latest spending

£33.5m

Registered

2012

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£33.1m

Total spending

£33.5m

Reserves (reported)

£4.0m

Employees

335

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Richard Anthony Roger Jeffersonchair
Joanne Heaton
Joanne Vivienne Heard-Jones
John Camp OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Paul Edward Temple
Paresh Modi
Samuel James Freedman · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Mulholland
Summer Turner
Tashanta Cecilia Harvey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£33.1m	£33.5m
31/08/2024	£32.0m	£32.1m
31/08/2023	£30.2m	£29.7m
31/08/2022	£21.0m	£20.5m
31/08/2021	£14.4m	£13.8m

Common questions

Who funds AMBITION INSTITUTE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AMBITION INSTITUTE as a grant recipient include THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£100k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£25k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k