TRINITY SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1163326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY IS TO RUN AN EVANGELICAL NON-PROFIT MAKING SCHOOL

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE OPERATION OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS KNOWN AS TRINITY SCHOOL TO BE CARRIED ON AS AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT MAKING SCHOOL (OR SCHOOLS) WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING A GENERAL EDUCATION IN THE BEST AND WIDEST SENSE WITH A WIDE CHOICE OF INTEREST AND ACTIVITY AND AN APPRECIATION OF SPIRITUAL VALUES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL BASIS, AS SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £38,489 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £159,180. The trustees note that there are sufficient funds to offset contingencies and that fixed assets are considered sufficient provision for closure costs if necessary. However, the document highlights that charging VAT on school fees has had a significant impact on the school's finances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 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 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Luke Bidenchair
• Gareth Cottrell
• Gill Jump
• JOSHUA JAMES THORP
• SARAH HETHERINGTON
• Sam Deakin

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Tameside

Income and spending

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