WITHINGTON GIRLS' SCHOOL
Registered charity 1158226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Charity is an Independent School for Girls from age 7 to 18
Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Withington Girls' School (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£188k
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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (31/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- 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
- HOWARD SINCLAIR
- 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
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
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