Ascentis

Analysis

Ascentis is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in April 2009, 17 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 06799564). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Ascentis reported income of £6.5m and spending of £7.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4.6m to £6.5m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ascentis sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institute of Advanced Motorists Limited (£6.5m), Beaconsfield Educational Trust Ltd (£6.5m) and The Ditchley Foundation (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 120 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.