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THE FOUNDATION OF SIR JOHN PERCYVALE IN MACCLESLFIELD OF 1502, RE-FOUNDED BY KING EDWARD VI IN 1552

Registered charity 1137204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FOUNDATION OF SIR JOHN PERCYVALE IN MACCLELFIELD OF 1502, RE-FOUNDED BY KING EDWARD VI IN 1552

The advancement of education by the provision of high quality education for boys and girls and a wide range of extra curricular activities in the King's School in Macclesfield. The School provides bursaries for pupils in need of financial assistance. The School also provides various other educational opportunities and facilities to the local community.

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Latest income
£19.4m
Latest spending
£18.5m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources increased to £19.5 million with total resources expended at £18.5 million, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees report that strong pupil numbers are generating operational cash surpluses sufficient to cover debt service costs and build reserves, leading to confidence in the school'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

Highest-paid employee band: £180,001 - £190,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £130k)
“£180,001 to £190,000” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 13
“Of the employees whose emoluments exceed £60,000, 13 (2024:8) have retirement benefits accruing under defined benefit pension schemes” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-2.6m; policy: three months’ operating costs (excluding depreciation) of approximately £3.5 million)
“Free reserves at year end (2,639)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: King’s School Macclesfield Limited
“The Charity has one subsidiary trading company known as King’s School Macclesfield Limited that was registered on 1 March 2022” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£19.4m
Total spending
£18.5m
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
260

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 (94% 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: 0.1% 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 · Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£19.4m£18.5m
31/07/2024£18.9m£18.1m
31/07/2023£17.2m£16.8m
31/07/2022£17.1m£15.3m
31/07/2021£15.0m£14.5m

Common questions

Is THE FOUNDATION OF SIR JOHN PERCYVALE IN MACCLESLFIELD OF 1502, RE-FOUNDED BY KING EDWARD VI IN 1552 financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources increased to £19.5 million with total resources expended at £18.5 million, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees report that strong pupil numbers are generating operational cash surpluses sufficient to cover debt service costs and build reserves, leading to confidence in the school's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE FOUNDATION OF SIR JOHN PERCYVALE IN MACCLESLFIELD OF 1502, RE-FOUNDED BY KING EDWARD VI IN 1552 earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £180,001 - £190,000 band, and 13 employees earned over £60,000.

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
THE SHEARS FOUNDATION1£150k
The Keith Howard Foundation1£145k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£67k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING CHARLES II AT BRADFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FOUNDATION OF SIR JOHN PERCYVALE IN MACCLESLFIELD OF 1502, RE-FOUNDED BY KING EDWARD VI IN 1552£19.4m£180,001 - £190,00013below—no doubt
THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING CHARLES II AT BRADFORD FY2025£17.1m——above—no doubt
KING'S SCHOOL, ROCHESTER FY2025£13.0m——unclear—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL BATH FY2025£20.0m£190,001 - £200,000—below—no doubt
THE SAINT JOHN'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£24.9m——unclear—no doubt

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