DEVON SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP SERVICES CIO

Registered charity 1186756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVON SLS CIO, DSLS CIO

To advance education for the public benefit by supporting teaching and learning, leadership and community engagement in schools throughout Devon and South West England. Specifically, to be met through the provision of relevant training and development to ensure schools have the most effective leadership, pedagogy and support in place for the benefit of children, young people and families.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT DEVON AND SOUTH WEST ENGLAND. SPECIFICALLY, TO BE MET THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RELEVANT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE SCHOOLS HAVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, PEDAGOGY AND SUPPORT IN PLACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES

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 surplus of £39,829 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £280,282 and total expenditure of £240,453. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total funds of £353,364, comprising £176,875 in unrestricted reserves and £176,489 in restricted funds. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Paul Bishop OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Georgina Alice Myles
• Isla Jane Johnson
• Joanna Caroline Hunter
• Kevin Hughes
• Matthew James Bowler
• Matthew John Shanks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Moira Marder OBE
• Robert Coles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tom Arthur Hugh Briant-Evans

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

Operates in: Devon · Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DEVON AND EXETER INSTITUTION.

• THE DEVON AND EXETER INSTITUTION income £328k
• THE SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION (INCORPORATED) income £8.4m
• EXETER CONSORTIUM CIO income £390k
• COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON income £791k
• DEVON DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION income £197k
• RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL (SOUTH DEVON) LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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