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Registered charity · Lancaster

Ascentis

1.1 The Objects of the Charity are to:1.1.1 promote and advance education and training of young persons and adults;1.1.2 provide support and relief of those in need by way of disability, including without limitation, dyslexia, dyscalculia and other...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £6.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, China
Website
www.ascentis.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Ascentis
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.5m£7.2m
  • 2024£6.8m£6.9m
  • 2023£5.9m£6.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.6m£4.2m
  • 2021£4.6m£3.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1 The Objects of the Charity are to:1.1.1 promote and advance education and training of young persons and adults;1.1.2 provide support and relief of those in need by way of disability, including without limitation, dyslexia, dyscalculia and other special education needs; and1.1.3 support and promote positive mental wellbeing and emotional health of young persons and adults, including without limitation, supporting them with education about, and recognition and understanding of, mental health and emotions, and how mental health and emotions affect education.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

8.3y median 8.5y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 9Other services 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 13.1 in 2021

120 from 94 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1129180
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/10/2013 as amended on 18 Nov 2021 as amended on 13 Aug 2025 as amended on 16 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 06799564 · Active
Contact on the register
01524845046
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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