THE STELLA MARIS SCHOOL

Registered charity 505848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7607099 · Wikipedia

Education is provided for children from the age of 3 years until the age of 11 years.

Objects

UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRING ON THE SCHOOL AT THE ADDRESS AFORESAID OR ELSEWHERE AS A PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THE TEACHING AND EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF STOCKPORT.

Area of benefit: METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF STOCKPORT

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £97,270 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total reserves decreasing to £81,725. The trustees maintain a reserves policy where funds are held to meet working capital requirements, with no investment policy applicable as any reserves above £25 are short-term cashflow movements. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable requirements.

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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

• Ofsted — Stella Maris School: Good (NULL) · Ofsted

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 24/06/2024, 24 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2022 (received 28/06/2023, 28 days after the 31/05/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Danielle Christine Maxton
• Stephen Usher

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Stockport

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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