Ashton Schools Foundation

Analysis

Ashton Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashton Schools Foundation reported income of £36k and spending of £20k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £36k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ashton Schools Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broxbourne Foodbank (£36k), SafetyCurtain (£36k) and Binyamin Ministries (£36k).