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THE QUEEN'S SCHOOL CHESTER

Registered charity 1198230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Queen's School, Chester is an independent day school for girls age 4 to 18. The School is a highly successful academic school that aims to enable each girl to develop her abilities and talents to the full within a happy, caring and disciplined atmosphere.

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Latest income
£6.7m
Latest spending
£6.8m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £130,057 for the year, driven by a depreciation charge and bad debt provision, though underlying operating performance remained stable with a small surplus before these items. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £9,705,013, providing substantial resources to support ongoing operations and strategic priorities despite the temporary financial pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month's expenditure (held: £9.7m)
“The Governors consider that a minimum free cash balance equivalent to one month’s expenditure should be held throughout the year to cover the risks and uncertainties of operating as an independent educational establishment.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mrs L Fearnall is the founder and Director of Luya Agency Ltd. Luya provides the School with marketing, PR and social media services under a formal contract commencing 1 April 2025. The transactions during the year totalled £16,487 inclusive of VAT (2024: £nil). All services were procured on normal commercial terms in accordance with the agreed contract.
“Mrs L Fearnall is the founder and Director of Luya Agency Ltd. Luya provides the School with marketing, PR and social media services under a formal contract commencing 1 April 2025. The transactions during the year totalled £16,487 inclusive of VAT (2024: £nil). All services were procured on normal commercial terms in accordance with the agreed contract.” — page 42
“Mr P Wildes is the Chief Executive Officer of the Wildes Group and the Wildes Foundation. The Wildes Foundation provides charitable support to the School by funding partial bursaries to assist talented pupils to attend. At 31 August 2025 an amount of £15,038 was due from the Foundation in respect of these commitments.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mr P Wildes is the Chief Executive Officer of the Wildes Group and the Wildes Foundation. The Wildes Foundation provides charitable support to the School by funding partial bursaries to assist talented pupils to attend. At 31 August 2025 an amount of £15,038 was due from the Foundation in respect of these commitments.
“Mrs L Fearnall is the founder and Director of Luya Agency Ltd. Luya provides the School with marketing, PR and social media services under a formal contract commencing 1 April 2025. The transactions during the year totalled £16,487 inclusive of VAT (2024: £nil). All services were procured on normal commercial terms in accordance with the agreed contract.” — page 42
“Mr P Wildes is the Chief Executive Officer of the Wildes Group and the Wildes Foundation. The Wildes Foundation provides charitable support to the School by funding partial bursaries to assist talented pupils to attend. At 31 August 2025 an amount of £15,038 was due from the Foundation in respect of these commitments.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£6.7m
Total spending
£6.8m
Reserves (reported)
£8.7m
Employees
128

Reported reserves equal ~15.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£6.7m£6.8m
31/08/2024£6.9m£6.3m
31/08/2023£7.2m£6.2m

Common questions

Is THE QUEEN'S SCHOOL CHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £130,057 for the year, driven by a depreciation charge and bad debt provision, though underlying operating performance remained stable with a small surplus before these items. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £9,705,013, providing substantial resources to support ongoing operations and strategic priorities despite the temporary financial pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£68k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION1£63k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE QUEEN'S SCHOOL CHESTER£6.7m——above—no doubt
QUEEN'S GATE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£12.4m——above—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt
QUEEN'S COLLEGE FY2025£15.6m——unclear—no doubt
KING'S SCHOOL FY2025£17.8m£200,001 - £210,000—unclear—no doubt
QUEEN MARY'S SCHOOL (BALDERSBY) LTD FY2025£4.6m——above—no doubt

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