WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL

Registered charity 1158226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q8028202 · Wikipedia

The Charity is an Independent School for Girls from age 7 to 18

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") SHALL BE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GIRLS' SCHOOL, WHERE BOYS MAY BE ADMITTED TO THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.(2) RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION MUST BE GIVEN IN THE SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH UNDER REGULATIONS MADE BY THE TRUSTEE

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

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£11.3m

Latest spending

£11.1m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School reported a net incoming resource surplus of £126,654 for the year ended 31 August 2025, funded by strong fee income and donations. Per the trustees' report, the School maintains a strong liquidity position with £3,954,616 in cash reserves and no external borrowing, allowing it to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months.

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 3 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
Campaigns and political activity 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 8
Employees paid over £60,000: 12 (£60,001–£70,000: 7; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 8
Employees paid over £60,000: 11 (£60,001–£70,000: 5; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 8
Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£70,001–£80,000: 5; £120,001–£130,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09083954

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Withington Girls' School (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BELL, Dawn Alexandria — director, appointed 20/10/2026on trustee list
COFFIN, Malcolm Francis — director, appointed 20/10/2026on trustee list
TANNA, Shivani, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
TOREVELL, Martyn Philip — director, appointed 23/03/2023on trustee list
MAYNARD-ATEM, Louise, Dr — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
GRIFFIN, Martin James — director, appointed 14/06/2021on trustee list
LEIGH, David, Professor — director, appointed 13/01/2020on trustee list
POSTON, Christopher Michael — director, appointed 28/08/2019on trustee list
CHICKEN, Andrew Hamilton — director, appointed 01/09/2018on trustee list
STUFFINS, Sally Jane — director, appointed 05/01/2018on trustee list
HAWKINS, Diane Mary — director, appointed 01/09/2017on trustee list
ALLRED, Jane Patricia, Dr — director, appointed 31/08/2015not on trustee list
PATHAK, Ashvin Rao — director, appointed 31/08/2015on trustee list
PIKE, Malcolm John — director, appointed 12/06/2014on trustee list
CROSS, Carl — secretary, appointed 01/05/2025

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income

£11.3m

Total spending

£11.1m

Cost of raising funds

£188k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

150

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 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 (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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MALCOLM JOHN PIKEchair
Andrew Chicken
Ashvin Pathak
Christopher Michael Poston
Dawn Alexandria Bell
Diane Hawkins · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr JANE ALLRED MB, CHB
Dr Louise Maynard-Atem · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Shivani Patel
Malcolm Francis Coffin
Martin Griffin
Martyn Torevell
Professor David Leigh
Sally Stuffins

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Manchester City · Stockport · Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£11.3m	£11.1m
31/08/2024	£11.2m	£11.1m
31/08/2023	£10.2m	£10.4m
31/08/2022	£10.9m	£9.9m
31/08/2021	£9.4m	£9.2m

Common questions

Is WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School reported a net incoming resource surplus of £126,654 for the year ended 31 August 2025, funded by strong fee income and donations. Per the trustees' report, the School maintains a strong liquidity position with £3,954,616 in cash reserves and no external borrowing, allowing it to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL as a grant recipient include W G S TRUST, THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST, CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
W G S TRUST	FY2021	£1.0m	Capital Grant for two-storey extension to the Dining Room
W G S TRUST	FY2022	£1.0m	Capital grant for the extension of the Dining Room
W G S TRUST	FY2025	£864k	Bursaries paid in respect of pupils of Withington Girls’ School
W G S TRUST	FY2023	£742k	Bursaries paid to pupils
W G S TRUST	FY2025	£500k	Donations to Withington Girls' School
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£29k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£28k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2025	£27k	School bursaries
W G S TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Other Charitable Expenditure (recharged costs)
W G S TRUST	FY2022	£16k	Annual Fund (Purchase of equipment)
W G S TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Annual Fund (Purchase of equipment)
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2024	£6k	School bursary
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2022	£4k	School bursaries

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/07/2016	£8k	"Withington, Now and Then"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MAKE MY DAY BETTER LIMITED	1	£2.5m
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUST	1	£259k
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£174k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QUEEN'S GATE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

QUEEN'S GATE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £12.4m
Wychwood School Charity Limited income £68k
WORTHINGTON PRE-SCHOOL GROUP income £89k
OLD VICARAGE SCHOOL TRUST income £4.0m
ST SWITHUN'S SCHOOL (WINCHESTER) income £19.8m
THE NEW SCHOOL income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL	£11.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
QUEEN'S GATE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£12.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Wychwood School Charity Limited FY2025	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WORTHINGTON PRE-SCHOOL GROUP FY2025	£89k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OLD VICARAGE SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST SWITHUN'S SCHOOL (WINCHESTER) FY2025	£19.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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