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Ackworth and Freshfield Educational Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)

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
City Of Wakefield
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£160k
  • 2024£2k£21
  • 2023£1k£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£1k£0
  • 2021£307£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY SUCH YEARLY SUM AS THEY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT FROM THE NET INCOME IN PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR ACKWORTH SCHOOL AS AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. THE RESIDUE OF THE NET YEARLY INCOME OF THE FOUNDATION SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:- (A) IN AWARDING TO BENEFICIARIES SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ACKWORTH SCHOOL OR ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER EDUCATION APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES. (B) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO HELP BENEFICIARIES ON LEAVING SCHOOL, A UNIVERSITY OR ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE FOR, OR TO ENTER, A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING. (C) IN AWARDING BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO TRAVEL, WHETHER IN THIS COUNTRY OR ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION. (D) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. (D) IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF BENEFICIARIES. 2. WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED LIMITS, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE FULL POWER TO MAKE RULES FOR THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES, GRANTS OR OTHER BENEFITS, INCLUDING RULES AS TO THE VALUE AND PERIOD OF TENURE OF THE AWARDS, AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, AND METHOD OF ASCERTAINMENT AND SELECTION, OF BENEFICIARIES.

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.

3 trustees on the board

4.3y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 3Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Construction 1Education 1Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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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£2k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
529275
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 10TH AUGUST 1972
Contact on the register
01977233600 · bursar@ackworthschool.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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