THE RYLEYS SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 525915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An educational facility for children and young people

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Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.2m

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £55,181 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds totaling £1,716,261. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating as a going concern with adequate resources and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve weeks expenditure of approximately £700,000 (held: £1.7m)

“The Governors have determined that the appropriate level of reserves should be equivalent to twelve weeks expenditure of approximately £700,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Ryleys School has a close relationship with Alderley Playing Fields Limited which owns the playing fields that are used by the school. The two entities are related parties due to the common trustees in place.

“The Ryleys School has a close relationship with Alderley Playing Fields Limited which owns the playing fields that are used by the school. The two entities are related parties due to the common trustees in place.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Harts Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ryleys School (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Julia Langford — Headteacher (source)
Sally Kirkbright — Deputy Headteacher (source)
Kate Watson — School Business Manager (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)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.2m

Cost of raising funds

£46k

Reserves (reported)

£346k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNE-MARIE HUDSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Gerard Silverlock · trustee of 1 other charity
Fiona I'Anson
IAN BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Knight
Michael Benson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.3m	£3.2m
31/08/2024	£3.0m	£3.2m
31/08/2023	£2.8m	£2.9m
31/08/2022	£2.5m	£2.5m
31/08/2021	£2.3m	£2.2m

Common questions

Is THE RYLEYS SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £55,181 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds totaling £1,716,261. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating as a going concern with adequate resources and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harts 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHASDEI SHLOMO	1	£358k
BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£65k
FARNHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)	1	£19k
KH D'SATMAR LTD	1	£16k
YBP LIMITED	1	£14k
ARDINA LIMITED	1	£12k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£10k
FRANKGIVING LIMITED	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRANSLEY SCHOOL LIMITED.

CRANSLEY SCHOOL LIMITED income £4.2m
DEESIDE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £7.8m
BEIS RUCHEL SCHOOL LTD income £1.7m
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST income £7.8m
THE TOWER HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £3.3m
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED income £4.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RYLEYS SCHOOL LIMITED	£3.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANSLEY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£4.2m	—	—	below	—	noted
DEESIDE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£7.8m	£100,001 - £200,000	—	above	—	no doubt
BEIS RUCHEL SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HALLFIELD SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£7.8m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	below	—	no doubt
THE TOWER HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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