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THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 529834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POCKLINGTON SCHOOL

Provision of a day and boarding school for boys and girls in Pocklington

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Latest income
£15.8m
Latest spending
£14.8m
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that consolidated net income for the year was £1,014,691, with unrestricted funds totaling £15,391,028. The trustees note that while there is a deficit of £188,595 on charitable free reserves due to capital expenditure, they consider the reserves appropriate to the needs of the Foundation. The charity remains dependent on annual cash generation to fund operating activities.

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: Subsidiary loans
“At the year end Pocklington School Enterprises Limited owed the School £143,747 (2024: £56,120) . This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
“At the year end Pocklington School International Limited owed the School £16,759 (2024: £16,759). This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary loans
“At the year end Pocklington School Enterprises Limited owed the School £143,747 (2024: £56,120) . This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
“At the year end Pocklington School International Limited owed the School £16,759 (2024: £16,759). This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary loans
“At the year end Pocklington School Enterprises Limited owed the School £143,747 (2024: £56,120) . This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
“At the year end Pocklington School International Limited owed the School £16,759 (2024: £16,759). This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trust loan
“At the year end Pocklington School Enterprises Limited owed the School £143,747 (2024: £56,120) . This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — page 50
“At the year end Pocklington School International Limited owed the School £16,759 (2024: £16,759). This loan is interest-free and without specific terms for repayment.” — 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” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HPH. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

POCKLINGTON SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £149k
  • Profit before tax: £37k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £37k
  • Creditors include £143,747 owed to group undertakings.
“this has resulted in a Gift Aid distribution to the Company's parent charity (The Pocklington School Foundation) of £36,802 (2024: £38,632).”

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.

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

Total income
£15.8m
Total spending
£14.8m
Cost of raising funds
£272k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
191

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).

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£15.8m£14.8m
31/08/2024£14.2m£14.0m
31/08/2023£13.4m£12.6m
31/08/2022£12.3m£11.7m
31/08/2021£10.9m£10.8m

Common questions

Is THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that consolidated net income for the year was £1,014,691, with unrestricted funds totaling £15,391,028. The trustees note that while there is a deficit of £188,595 on charitable free reserves due to capital expenditure, they consider the reserves appropriate to the needs of the Foundation. The charity remains dependent on annual cash generation to fund operating activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HPH.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CROSS TRUST1£190k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION£15.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE POCKLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£15.8m——unclear—no doubt
PAPPLEWICK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.7m£150,001 - £160,000—above—no doubt
POWNALL HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.9m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
AL-NOOR FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£585k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION FY2025£322k—0unclear1.5%no doubt

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