Ackworth School 1950 Trust

Analysis

Ackworth School 1950 Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ackworth School 1950 Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £2.2m, spending 16166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £16k to £14k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 2953% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ackworth School 1950 Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Alne School (£14k), Friends of Nursling Primary School Association (£14k) and The Friends of Edward Feild (£14k).