THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1211622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Foundation achieved a consolidated net income of £1,037,559 for the year, supported by strong fee income and donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £15,391,028, although the charity notes a deficit of £188,595 on its Charitable Free Reserves due to capital expenditure on building improvements.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: sufficient annual cash surpluses to meet operating and investment needs (held: £15.4m)
“The Governors’ policy remains that of maintaining sufficient annual cash surpluses to meet operating and investment needs, in order for the Charity to meet its stated objectives.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: John Dolman Trust
“At the year end the Trust's Bursary Account owed the School £142,129 (2024: £142,129).” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Pocklington School Enterprises Limited
“The Charity has three wholly-owned non-charitable subsidiaries: Pocklington School Enterprises Limited, which performs trading functions such as lettings, oversight of the School shop and capital building works, Pocklington School International Limited, which was created in 2018, but has yet to trade and Pocklington School Nurseries Limited which will operate Little Pips Day Nursery from 1 September 2025.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HPH. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Becky Lovelock — Head of Pocklington School (source)
- Jonathan Tilsed — Chair of Governors (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£272k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Jonathan Victor Thomas Tilsedchair
- CAROLINE JANE PEAKE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Claire Louise Grant
- DIANE PATRICIA FLINT
- David Maxwell Strachan
- Fiona Anne Eldridge · trustee of 1 other charity
- John Stephen Lister Burke
- Katie Groves
- Micahel Whitney
- Nicholas James Robson
- Nicholas Minns
- PHILLIPA CONSTANCE HILDYARD
- Rachel Helen Cookson
- Richard Stuart Eggleston
- Roland Middleton Cronshaw
- SOPHIE SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stephen Hare
- Zareen Ashraff
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation achieved a consolidated net income of £1,037,559 for the year, supported by strong fee income and donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £15,391,028, although the charity notes a deficit of £188,595 on its Charitable Free Reserves due to capital expenditure on building improvements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HPH.
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