LANCASTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

Registered charity 511387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £173,801 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £2,276,070. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves exceed the stated policy target of £700,000, which represents half of annual running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Training allowances (43% of income)

“Training allowances 639,861” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one half of annual running costs, the target level being £700,000 (held: £2.3m)

“The trustees believe that free reserves amounting to one half of annual running costs would be appropriate to this charity, the target level being £700,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Riverside Accountancy Lancaster Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.3m

Reserves (reported)

£2.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~21.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

GEORGE MICHAEL SIERPINSKI
RICHARD WARWICK LITTLE

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£1.5m	£1.3m
31/07/2024	£1.5m	£1.3m
31/07/2023	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/07/2022	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/07/2021	£924k	£982k

Common questions

Is LANCASTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £173,801 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £2,276,070. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves exceed the stated policy target of £700,000, which represents half of annual running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Riverside Accountancy Lancaster Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £703k
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD income £3.1m
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT income £1.1m
OPEN AWARDS income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LANCASTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED	£1.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£703k	—	2	below	—	no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£4.0m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	below	—	no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FY2025	£1.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	above	—	no doubt

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