LADY BARN HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1042587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L B H S LIMITED · filing overdue (register status)

LBHS aims to provide a first class academic and physical education for young persons of both sexes from age 3 to 11.Up to 10 means-tested bursaries are awarded annually for children in the Junior section of the School.We also offer facilities to local sports clubs;societies;charities & the church, as well as fund raising for a wide range of charities, local, national and international annually.

Objects

(A) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SCHOOL AT CHEADLE GREATER MANCHESTER FOR THE ACADEMIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES (B) TO INSTRUCT THE STAFF OF SUCH SCHOOL AND OTHER PERSONS TO QUALIFY THEM TO PROMOTE THE AFORESAID PURPOSES (C) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,062,883, an increase from the prior year's £2,979,897. The trustees report a target reserves policy of £3.6m, which is considered sufficient to cover two terms of expenses, indicating the current reserves are below this stated policy target. The school generated a net incoming resource of £82,986 and maintains adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Ms Louise Higson — Headmistress (source)
• Mr Dan Slade — Deputy Head (Pupil & Pastoral) (source)
• Mrs Emma Beer — Deputy Head (Teaching & Learning) (source)
• Mr Richard Kingdom — Assistant Head & DSL (source)
• Mrs Amanda Webb — Bursar (source)
• Mrs Kelly Gardner — Head of HR & EDI Lead (source)
• Miss Niki Jennings — Head of Lower School (source)
• Mrs Michelle Rishworth — Head of Middle School (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christian Mayo
• Dr Claire MAxwell
• Dr Omer Aziz
• FADI KABBANI
• James Poole
• Julie Flynn
• Kay Alwan-Walker
• Lena Ledson
• Shelley Perry

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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