CHORLTON C OF E SCHOOL PTA

Registered charity 1176356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's purpose is to advance the education of the pupils in the school in particular by- developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school- engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:1) DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL2) ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

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

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

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

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£10k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held final unrestricted reserves of £43,519.88, having generated a net income of £30,404.46 from total income of £40,662.80 against total expenditure of £10,258.34. The trustees note that they do not have a formal reserves policy but aim to keep approximately £3,000 unreserved for urgent requests. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and no material matters required disclosure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around £3,000 in the bank account unreserved (held: £44k)

“We don’t have a formal policy on reserves, as we don’t have any regular funding commitments. However, the Treasurer aims to keep around £3,000 in the bank account unreserved in case of any urgent funding requests from the school.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Emily Heyworthchair
Abigail Herron
Benjamin David Mottershead
Dr Elizabeth Katy Sanders
Dr Louise Fisher
Ludovic Raymond Georges Piot
Rebecca Searl-Stevens

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£41k	£10k
31/08/2024	£14k	£11k
31/08/2023	£12k	£8k
31/08/2022	£8k	£7k
31/08/2021	£5k	£4k

Common questions

Is CHORLTON C OF E SCHOOL PTA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held final unrestricted reserves of £43,519.88, having generated a net income of £30,404.46 from total income of £40,662.80 against total expenditure of £10,258.34. The trustees note that they do not have a formal reserves policy but aim to keep approximately £3,000 unreserved for urgent requests. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and no material matters required disclosure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/07/2025	£5k	The community rainwater harvesting garden
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/08/2019	£10k	Chorlton Safe Online
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/04/2018	£10k	Forest Explorers

Charities like this

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

CHISWICK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA income £149k
LANGSTONE SCHOOL PTA income £26k
St. Peter's Droitwich C of E Academy Parent Teacher Association (PTA) income £34k
THE PTA OF PARISH C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL income £61k
SHERRARDSWOOD SCHOOL PTA income £45k
SHIPBOURNE SCHOOL PTA income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHORLTON C OF E SCHOOL PTA	£41k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHISWICK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£149k	—	above	—	no doubt
LANGSTONE SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
St. Peter's Droitwich C of E Academy Parent Teacher Association (PTA) FY2025	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PTA OF PARISH C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025	£61k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERRARDSWOOD SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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