C P S PRESTON LTD

Registered charity 526609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PIUS X PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £61,298 for the year ended 31 August 2023, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to a deficit of £338,939. Per the trustees' report, the school relies on a £200,000 bank overdraft facility to operate, which the auditors identify as creating a material uncertainty regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ainsworths Limited. 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.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/08/2024£1.1m£1.3m
31/08/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/08/2022£1.0m£1.1m
31/08/2021£962k£1.1m

Common questions

Is C P S PRESTON LTD financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £61,298 for the year ended 31 August 2023, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to a deficit of £338,939. Per the trustees' report, the school relies on a £200,000 bank overdraft facility to operate, which the auditors identify as creating a material uncertainty regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Ainsworths Limited.