CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1060403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAIGELEY, CHAIGELEY SCHOOL

To advance the education of children with learning difficulties in need of special education.

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Latest income
£3.8m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £421,128 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £3,840,769. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £1,385,655 are above the stated policy target of one term of costs (£1,187,118). The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one term of costs (held: £1.4m)
“The target range has been set at one term of costs with amounts above this providing an opportunity to grow the charitable works. On 31st August 2025, the free reserves amounted to £1,385,655 which is above our average termly expenditure of £1,187,118.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Van purchase from headteacher
“During the year a van was purchased from the headteacher totalling just over £1,000. This purchase was made using observable market prices.There are no outstanding balances in relation to the purchase.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Voisey & Co LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£3.8m
Total spending
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
62

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£3.8m£3.4m
31/08/2024£3.3m£3.1m
31/08/2023£2.7m£2.5m
31/08/2022£2.4m£2.4m
31/08/2021£2.1m£2.1m

Common questions

Is CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £421,128 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £3,840,769. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £1,385,655 are above the stated policy target of one term of costs (£1,187,118). The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Voisey & Co LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHADDESLEY CORBETT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£3.8m——above—no doubt
THE CHADDESLEY CORBETT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£128k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FY2025£259k—0unclear—no doubt
CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD FY2025£772k——above—no doubt
CANTO LEARNING LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.