WARRINGTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 511469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Trustee of Church of England primary school properties located within the Borough of Warrington and in this role it provides support to the schools by way of repair grants and contributions to capital projects

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF WARRINGTON

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £57,982,091, which is significantly higher than the policy target of generating sufficient return to meet the next 12 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net outflow of resources of £8,185 for the year, primarily driven by a large impairment loss on fixed assets, but maintains 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

Reserves policy: return sufficient to meet expected expenditure for the next 12 months (reserves figure: £58.0m)

“The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets are to be invested, so that the return they generate is sufficient to meet the expected expenditure for the next 12 months.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Voisey & Co LLP. Discloses 4 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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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 31/12/2022 (received 25/07/2024, 268 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 04/11/2022, 4 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr CARSTEN KRESSEL
Frances Ireland
JILL HODGSON · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN DAVID BYGATE
NEIL FAIRWEATHER
PETER SIMPSON SPEED · trustee of 2 other charities
Veronica Prowting

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£32k	£40k
31/12/2024	£42k	£87k
31/12/2023	£33k	£19k
31/12/2022	£26k	£14k
31/12/2021	£22k	£26k

Common questions

Is WARRINGTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £57,982,091, which is significantly higher than the policy target of generating sufficient return to meet the next 12 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net outflow of resources of £8,185 for the year, primarily driven by a large impairment loss on fixed assets, but maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Voisey & Co LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASTER, RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

LANCASTER, RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £134k
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £925k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF GEORGE ELLIS income £76k
OLD WARWICKIAN TRUST income £69k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD income £486k
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK income £832k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WARRINGTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANCASTER, RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£134k	—	below	—	no doubt
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£925k	—	above	—	no doubt
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF GEORGE ELLIS FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OLD WARWICKIAN TRUST FY2025	£69k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD FY2024	£486k	—	above	—	no doubt

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