Arise Education

Registered charity 1184444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VLC

VLC offers caring alternative education provision for children and young people who are not able to access mainstream education

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11-19 WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS MAINSTREAM EDUCATION CENTRE(S), AND OTHER SUCH SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,498,793, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £1,320,000 (six months of budgeted operating expenses). The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £266,793 for the period, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income)

“Income from charitable activities - Learning Centre 2,019,156” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months budgeted operating expenses (held: £1.5m)

“The Trustees have established a reserves policy of six months budgeted operating expenses to be covered by free reserves. This would permit the normal operation of the charity in the short term and give a period for the consideration of replacement income. The level of resources required has been assessed at approximately £220,000 per month, thus giving a requirement of £1,320,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Hannah Jacobs received remuneration of £17,716.

“During the period ended 31 August 2025, one Trustee, Hannah Jacobs, received remuneration of £17,716 (2024 - £24,839).” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Ofsted — Arise Education: Outstanding (NULL) · Ofsted

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

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

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

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£29k

Reserves (reported)

£1.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (11/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Brian Nashchair
Christopher Edward Benet Snelson
Hannah Jacobs
Lindsay Nash

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£2.1m
31/12/2023	£1.7m	£1.3m
31/12/2022	£865k	£799k
31/12/2021	£693k	£549k

Common questions

Is Arise Education financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,498,793, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £1,320,000 (six months of budgeted operating expenses). The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £266,793 for the period, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of Arise Education earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARISE CHURCH.

ARISE CHURCH income £260k
PEOPLE ARISE NOW income £237k
THE VLM FOUNDATION income £3k
THE VINES PLAYGROUP income £101k
KITE COLLEGE income £2.5m
VIVDALE LIMITED income £270k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Arise Education	£2.0m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
ARISE CHURCH FY2025	£260k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PEOPLE ARISE NOW FY2025	£237k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE VLM FOUNDATION FY2025	£3k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE VINES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KITE COLLEGE FY2025	£2.5m	£80,001 - £90,000	3	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.