WYCLIFFE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED)

Registered charity 311714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The Charity principally provides education in Stonehouse to boys and girls from the ages of 2 - 18 in its two schools, the Preparatory School, including a Nursery department, and the Senior School; it also runs holiday courses for British and overseas students.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:1. TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS, KNOWN AS WYCLIFFE COLLEGE AND FIRST FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1882 BY THE LATE GEORGE WILLIAM SIBLY, MA AND TO DEVELOP AND EXTEND THE SAME.2. TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY ON AT ANY PLACE OR PLACES WHICH MAY BE THOUGHT FIT ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATED OR OTHER SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED SCHOOL.3. TO PROVIDE GENERAL INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER WITH PHYSICAL AND MORAL TRAINING.4. TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND SUBSIDISE BOARDING HOUSES FOR MASTERS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PUPILS AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITH OR ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOLS.5. TO PROVIDE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SCHOOL MAINTAINED BY THE CHARITY MEANS FOR TRAINING STUDENT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE STONEHOUSE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,201,357 for the year ended 31 August 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £22.1m. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements remain appropriate on a going concern basis, despite the school failing to meet one financial covenant, with the lender expressing ongoing support. Unrestricted funds stood at £20.4m, which the trustees noted are wholly deployed in premises and equipment.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £190,001 - £200,000 (FY2023) to £200,001 - £210,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Christian San José — Headmaster (source)

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

28 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (27 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 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~12.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Frederick Modlin Lloyd BSC MRICSchair
• ADEYEMI AYODELE OPALEYE
• CAROLINE DUCKWORTH · trustee of 3 other charities
• ELIZABETH ANNE BUCKLEY
• John Clive Cecil May OBE DL
• Lewis Alan Faulkner
• Lynn Carol Duncan BSc, PGCE
• Major General Richard Martin Clements CBE
• William Robert Garrard MBA BSc

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

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