CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL

Registered charity 1077017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To ensure the fullest possible development of every dimension of each pupil within a selective and socially inclusive approach.To develop in each pupil an attitude of concern for others and respect for the views and beliefs of others.To enable pupils to gain the personal skills and confidence to shape their own futures in a rapidly changing world.

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Latest income
£21.9m
Latest spending
£21.4m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school generated a net income of £538,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £20,518,000. The trustees' report highlights significant community engagement and fundraising initiatives, such as raising over £2 million towards a bursary campaign goal.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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)

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.

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

Total income
£21.9m
Total spending
£21.4m
Cost of raising funds
£133k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
327

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£21.9m£21.4m
31/08/2024£21.0m£20.1m
31/08/2023£19.6m£18.8m
31/08/2022£18.2m£17.4m
31/08/2021£16.6m£15.4m

Common questions

Is CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school generated a net income of £538,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £20,518,000. The trustees' report highlights significant community engagement and fundraising initiatives, such as raising over £2 million towards a bursary campaign goal. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL as a grant recipient include Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust, THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Cheadle Hulme School Bursary TrustFY2024£198kBursaries
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUSTFY2024£6kSchool bursary
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUSTFY2023£4kSchool bursary
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUSTFY2022£4kSchool bursaries
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUSTFY2025£2kSchool bursaries

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Stockport MBC11/05/2022£500Grant to Cheadle Hulme School

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLLYGIRT SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL£21.9m—0unclear—no doubt
HOLLYGIRT SCHOOL FY2025£3.2m——unclear—noted
HULME HALL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.9m——above—no doubt
CHELTENHAM LADIES COLLEGE FY2025£43.5m——unclear—no doubt
SOLIHULL SCHOOL FY2025£28.1m£190,001 - £200,000—unclear—no doubt
WILLIAM HULME'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£784k—0unclear—no doubt

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