METHODIST ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS TRUST

Registered charity 1160838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAST

In the name of the Methodist Church, to oversee support and guidance for Methodist schools in the maintained sector and (jointly with the Church of England) ecumenical schools in providing the best all-round education for all their pupils, inspired by Methodist values and ethos and resourced by high quality professional expertise.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AS THE CONFERENCE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY RESOLUTION DIRECT.

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 Trust incurred a deficit of £118,035 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to a reduction in grant income. Despite this deficit, the Trust finished the year with unrestricted free reserves of £350,506 and reports having adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next twelve months.

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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07881901

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.

• INGLESON, Melvyn John — director, appointed 02/10/2025on trustee list
• COLLEDGE, Steve John — director, appointed 12/03/2025not on trustee list
• GLASS, Janet Carolyn — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
• MYERS, Stephen — director, appointed 16/12/2021on trustee list
• FOSTER, Annette — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
• STEPHENS, Christopher, Dr — director, appointed 01/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annette Foster · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS
• Dr David Kershaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Carolyn Glass · trustee of 1 other charity
• Melvyn Ingleson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Myers
• Steven Colledge · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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