ASHVILLE COLLEGE
Registered charity 529577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Charity provides education in Harrogate to boys and girls from the ages of 4-19 in its 3 schools - the pre-prep school, the junior school and the senior school.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £1,430,580 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven largely by a profit on the disposal of residential properties. Per the trustees' report, the balance sheet remains robust with total net assets of £18,548,941 and a closing cash balance of £3,750,511, despite facing cost pressures from VAT on fees and increased employer National Insurance contributions.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: The College was owed £42,177 from Ashville Trading Ltd
“At the end of the year the College was owed £42,177 (2024: £79,704) from Ashville Trading Ltd” — page 38
“In the year the College spent £1,296 with William G Search (2024: £1,014), a company of which one of the Governors is a director.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The College spent £1,296 with William G Search, a company of which one of the Governors is a director.
“At the end of the year the College was owed £42,177 (2024: £79,704) from Ashville Trading Ltd” — page 38
“In the year the College spent £1,296 with William G Search (2024: £1,014), a company of which one of the Governors is a director.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The College received £8,855 from The Ashville Foundation, used to fund bursaries.
“At the end of the year the College was owed £42,177 (2024: £79,704) from Ashville Trading Ltd” — page 38
“In the year the College spent £1,296 with William G Search (2024: £1,014), a company of which one of the Governors is a director.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Ashville Trading Limited
“The Charity has a wholly owned, non-charitable subsidiary, Ashville Trading Limited.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
ASHVILLE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £733k
- Profit before tax: £214k
- Ashville College owed £42,177 by the subsidiary at year-end.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mrs Rhiannon Wilkinson — Head (source)
- Greg Styles — Chair of Governors (source)
- Mr Richard Rooze — Bursar (source)
- Mrs Laura Jackson — Head of Senior School (source)
- Mrs Vivienne Melville — Director of Finance (source)
- Miss Abigail Hiley — Head of Prep School (source)
- Mr Owen Hillier — Deputy Head: Academic (source)
- Mrs Jennifer Hirst — Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications (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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£470k
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 (88% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- ASHVILLE COLLEGE TRUSTEE LIMITED
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ASHVILLE COLLEGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £1,430,580 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven largely by a profit on the disposal of residential properties. Per the trustees' report, the balance sheet remains robust with total net assets of £18,548,941 and a closing cash balance of £3,750,511, despite facing cost pressures from VAT on fees and increased employer National Insurance contributions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
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