WILMSLOW PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 525924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILMSLOW PREPARATORY SCHOOL

PREP SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND BOYS AGED 3 TO 11 YEARS - day

Objects

TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER AND CARRY ON AND DEVELOP THE UNDERTAKING OF WILMSLOW PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND TO ACQUIRE AND CARRY ON IN THE UK ANY OTHER SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £18,470 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant decrease from the previous year's £158,180. The trustees report that unrestricted funds totalled £1,494,724, though only £335,884 was freely available as the remainder was invested in fixed assets or designated for specific purposes. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Clarke Nicklin LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mr B Lavagna-Slater — Headteacher (source)
• Mrs D Stephenson — Chairman (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)

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 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 (94% 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

• ANDREW GOSNAY
• Beverly WILLIAMS
• DAVID VANSTONE
• DIANA STEPHENSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• HELEN LUCY D'URSO
• JOHN HUGHES
• LISA ANSON
• SHARON DAVIES

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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