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

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/08/2024£1.3m£1.1m
31/08/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/08/2022£1.1m£992k
31/08/2021£788k£928k

Common questions

Is WILMSLOW PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Clarke Nicklin LLP.