Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning

Analysis

Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03364291). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning reported income of £116k and spending of £107k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £166k to £116k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kindergarten (£116k), Cylch Meithrin Min Y Ddol (Mes Bach) (£116k) and Lady Bay Pre-School (£116k).