LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 518076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LUCTON PIERREPOINT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST, LUCTON SCHOOL · filing overdue (register status)

Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust operates Lucton School in North Herefordshire, where local children from 6 months are taken into the nursery and school pupils are able to study from leaving nursery, right up to taking their A-levels, prior to leaving for higher and further education. The school is co-educational and also provides boarding for nearly one-third of the school's pupils.

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Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that falling pupil numbers and rising costs constitute a significant risk to going concern. The audit engagement team identified these factors as requiring specific testing of cashflow forecasts, management accounts, and bank support. The trustees have obtained a letter of support from Alpha Schools to confirm their willingness and ability to continue supporting the school.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Another significant risk identified by the audit engagement team was going concern, as a result of falling pupil numbers and rising costs.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025——
31/08/2024£3.3m£4.2m
31/08/2023£2.9m£3.9m
31/08/2022£3.5m£4.3m
31/08/2021£3.9m£4.3m

Common questions

Is LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that falling pupil numbers and rising costs constitute a significant risk to going concern. The audit engagement team identified these factors as requiring specific testing of cashflow forecasts, management accounts, and bank support. The trustees have obtained a letter of support from Alpha Schools to confirm their willingness and ability to continue supporting the school. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST£3.3m——unclear—noted
REPTON SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£3.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BEAUDESERT PARK SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.5m——unclear—no doubt
CASTLE COURT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
WINDERMERE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.5m——unclear—material uncertainty
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.3m£230,000 - £240,000—above—no doubt

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