Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust
Analysis
Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leominster. It was registered in October 1986, 40 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 02059659). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending August 2024, Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust reported income of £3.3m and spending of £4.2m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income fell from £3.9m to £3.3m (-16%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Challenge Partners (£3.3m), St Margaret's School (Hampstead) Ltd (£3.3m) and The Tower House School Charitable Foundation (£3.3m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. It employed 45 people.
Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Charitable activities 99%
- Trading 0.9%
In the charity's own words
Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust operates Lucton School in North Herefordshire, where local children from 6 months are taken into the nursery and school pupils are able to study from leaving nursery, right up to taking their A-levels, prior to leaving for higher and further education. The school is co-educational and also provides boarding for nearly one-third of the school's pupils.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Challenge Partners | London | £3.3m |
| St Margaret's School (Hampstead) Ltd | London | £3.3m |
| The Tower House School Charitable Foundation | London | £3.3m |
| The Auc Foundation | United Kingdom | £3.3m |