The Ashford School Foundation

Analysis

The Ashford School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ashford School Foundation reported income of £23k and spending of £29k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £29k to £23k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Ashford School Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Matthews PTFA Plymouth (£23k), Carswell Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£23k) and Meadow Vale PTA (£23k).

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.