HULME HALL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 525931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HULME HALL SCHOOL

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Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £351k for the year ended 31 August 2023, resulting in unrestricted fund balances of £1,520,740. The trustees note significant economic pressures and political uncertainty regarding VAT on school fees but confirm that the school can meet its obligations for at least twelve months. Reserves are held in line with a policy target of three to six months of direct charitable expenditure.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months direct charitable expenditure (held: £1.5m)
The Trustees have determined that the free reserves should be equivalent to approximately three to six months direct charitable expenditure. — page 11
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 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.

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

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£811k
Employees
61

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.9m£2.8m
31/08/2024£2.6m£3.0m
31/08/2023£2.4m£2.7m
31/08/2022£1.9m£2.4m
31/08/2021£1.5m£2.1m

Common questions

Is HULME HALL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £351k for the year ended 31 August 2023, resulting in unrestricted fund balances of £1,520,740. The trustees note significant economic pressures and political uncertainty regarding VAT on school fees but confirm that the school can meet its obligations for at least twelve months. Reserves are held in line with a policy target of three to six months of direct charitable expenditure. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.