Ackworth School

Registered charity 1175704 Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Andrew Whiteley since 2017
Carol Rayner since 2017
Guy Townsend since 2023
Mary Hartshorne since 2024
Stephen Bunney since 2023

5.2y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Whiteley since 2017
Carol Rayner since 2017

16.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Guy Townsend since 2023

Portfolio (4)

Andrew Whiteley since 2017
Carol Rayner since 2017
Mary Hartshorne since 2024
Stephen Bunney since 2023

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 5Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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 5Property 3Construction 1

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£8.7m latest income

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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.9 in 2021

157 from 167 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Ackworth School 1950 Trust 4 shared trustees
Ackworth School 2 shared trustees
Wennington School Bursary Fund 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

Ackworth and Freshfield Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
Hospital of SIR George ST Paul 1 shared trustee
Market Rasen Eleemosynary Charities 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ackworthschool.com
Email	reception@ackworthschool.com
Phone	01977233600
Address	ACKWORTH SCHOOL, PONTEFRACT ROAD, ACKWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF7 7LT

Finances

£8,685,349 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£7,870,060	£7,912,208
2022	£8,024,524	£8,390,918
2023	£8,321,363	£9,099,947
2024	£9,019,738	£8,937,799
2025	£8,685,349	£9,645,411

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 AUG 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees

66median age

1aged 70+

Andrew Whiteleyage band 60-64 since 2017
Carol Raynerage band 65-69 since 2017
Guy Townsend since 2023
Mary Hartshorneage band 65-69 since 2024
Stephen Bunneyage band 70-74 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Ackworth School · 10562182 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/01/2017

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

Ackworth School 1950 Trust 4 shared trustees
Ackworth School 2 shared trustees
Wennington School Bursary Fund 2 shared trustees
Ackworth and Freshfield Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
Hospital of SIR George ST Paul 1 shared trustee
Market Rasen Eleemosynary Charities 1 shared trustee

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