Finance Score: -14
Governance Score: -11
Support Score: 0
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -25 ?

ACKWORTH SCHOOL 

Provision of education for boys and girls aged two and a half to eighteen years of age.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/19*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18*£7,561£7,404£156£297£3,574£3,3095.41432
31/08/17£7,406£7,569£-163£277£6,401£4,8277.71433
31/08/16£7,217£7,630£-413£358£6,480£4,4957.11540
31/08/15£7,514£7,877£-363£126£4,576£2,3893.61540
31/08/14£7,016£7,251£-235£86£4,905£2,7594.61520
31/08/13£7,442£7,335£107£106£5,042£2,9714.91510
31/08/12£7,417£7,735£-318£23£4,805£2,8244.41490
31/08/11£7,460£7,554£-93£22£5,041£3,12151510
31/08/10£6,873£6,621£251£22£5,108£3,1785.81640
31/08/09£6,885£6,741£144£20£4,792£2,9385.21680
31/08/08£6,701£6,514£186£17£2,663£1,8993.51720
31/08/07£6,306£6,092£213£20£2,446£1,6603.31750
31/08/06£6,012£5,741£271£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£5,326£5,195£131£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£4,984£5,002£-18£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

www.ackworthschool.com

bursar@ackworthschool.com

01977233600

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This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/09/1966, number: 529280
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR19: 397 days late, AR18: 8 days late,
Main office

ACKWORTH SCHOOL
PONTEFRACT ROAD
ACKWORTH
PONTEFRACT
WF7 7LT

Objectives

CONDUCTING AND MAINTAINING A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF BOTH SEXES BY SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH A MANNER AND UNDER SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SHOULD BE DIRECTED IN ANY SUCH MINUTE OR MINUTES SO TO BE MADE BY THE PERSONS FOR THE TIME BEING ASSEMBLING AS THE GENERAL MEETING FOR ACKWORTH SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARISH OF ACKWORTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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