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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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.

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
52

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Arise Education£2.0m£60,001 - £70,000aboveno doubt
ARISE CHURCH FY2024£260k0belowno doubt
THE VLM FOUNDATION FY2025£3k0aboveno doubt
THE VINES PLAYGROUP FY2025£101k0aboveno doubt
KITE COLLEGE FY2025£2.5m£80,001 - £90,0003aboveno doubt
VIVDALE LIMITED FY2025£270k0unclearno doubt

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