AYSGARTH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 529538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYSGARTH SCHOOL

The principle activity of the school is the provision of education for children. The school continues to attract new pupils by offering a high standard of education. The income and assets of the school are applied solely towards the promotion of the objects as described in the memorandum and articles of association.

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Latest income

£4.9m

Latest spending

£9.6m

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and was liquidated following the transfer of all assets and liabilities to Rugby School on 30 June 2025. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, resulting in a net movement in funds of £4,680,796. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,615,422 at the start of the year, which were fully transferred upon merger.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: generate a modest surplus of income over expenditure each year to safeguard the future of the School (held: £4.6m)

“It is the policy of the Governors to seek to generate a modest surplus of income over expenditure each year to safeguard the future of the School.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“the governors do not consider the charity to be a going concern because all operational activities, assets, and liabilities were transferred to Rugby School on 30 June 2025. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Aysgarth School Foundation

“The school controls Aysgarth School Foundation, a Charitable Incorporation Organisation (Charity number 1206089).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Torgersens Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aysgarth School Trust Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Jonathon Anderson — Headmaster (source)
Paul Barlow — Senior Deputy Head (source)
Ed Canning — Deputy Head (source)
Jo MacLelland — Director of Performing Arts and I.T. (source)
Andrew Francis — Director of Operations (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.

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

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

Total income

£4.9m

Total spending

£9.6m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/03/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher David Porter · trustee of 1 other charity
Claire Lorraine Faithorn Cadogan
Peter James Glenton
Victoria Sian Savile · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.9m	£9.6m
31/08/2024	£4.3m	£4.7m
31/08/2023	£4.0m	£4.6m
31/08/2022	£4.1m	£4.2m
31/08/2021	£3.6m	£3.6m

Common questions

Is AYSGARTH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and was liquidated following the transfer of all assets and liabilities to Rugby School on 30 June 2025. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, resulting in a net movement in funds of £4,680,796. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,615,422 at the start of the year, which were fully transferred upon merger. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Torgersens Chartered Accountants.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ASCOT TRUST LIMITED.

ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ASCOT TRUST LIMITED income £7.7m
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL TRUST (EPSOM) LIMITED income £1.3m
AYLESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £160k
GGS SCHOOL FUND income £331k
THE DAIGLEN SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £1.6m
The Frances Johnstone Legacy Limited income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AYSGARTH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED	£4.9m	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ASCOT TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£7.7m	£140,001 - £150,000	1	unclear	—	not going concern
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL TRUST (EPSOM) LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	noted
AYLESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GGS SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£331k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE DAIGLEN SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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