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CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED

Registered charity 526611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED, SCARISBRICK HALL LIMITED, TOWER COLLEGE · filing overdue (register status)

TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS OF ANY AGE AND TO SUPPLY A SOUND SPIRITUAL, CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND GENERAL EDUCATION.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the fourth consecutive year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £3,511,413. The trustees report that adequate reserves are held, supported by improved debtor management and no slow payers or bad debts by June 2024. The school remains committed to maintaining this stability while navigating potential sector challenges such as VAT on fees.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“£110,001 to £120,000 1 -” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: School fees receivable (87% of income)
“School fees receivable 3 3,878,967 3,553,089” — page 39
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of average operating expenses (held: £1.5m)
“The policy requires the school te maintain a minimum level of unrestricted reserves equivalent to [specific number or range, e.g. three to six] months of average operating expenses.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans to Key Management Personnel
“In addition to this, the college lent £11,000 in the year to Ms Andrea Bingley and interest will be charged at the official rate on this.”
“Rebecca Wright and Bethany Deane are the daughters of trustee, Mr Shaun Deane. During the year, these related parties collectively received employment benefits from the charitable company amounting to £80,604” — page 53
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Employment benefits to trustee's daughters
“In addition to this, the college lent £11,000 in the year to Ms Andrea Bingley and interest will be charged at the official rate on this.”
“Rebecca Wright and Bethany Deane are the daughters of trustee, Mr Shaun Deane. During the year, these related parties collectively received employment benefits from the charitable company amounting to £80,604” — page 53
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee fees paid
“In addition to this, the college lent £11,000 in the year to Ms Andrea Bingley and interest will be charged at the official rate on this.”
“Rebecca Wright and Bethany Deane are the daughters of trustee, Mr Shaun Deane. During the year, these related parties collectively received employment benefits from the charitable company amounting to £80,604” — page 53
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Tower Tots Limited
“On 1* April 2025 Tower Tots was divested from the charity and began trading through a company limited by guarantee, namely Tower Tots Limited.” — page 55
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Allen Mills Howard Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

TOWER TOTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The subsidiary is a company limited by guarantee with no share capital.

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 31/08/2024)

Total income
£4.5m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£23k
Reserves (reported)
£3.5m
Employees
84

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025——
31/08/2024£4.5m£4.2m
31/08/2023£4.0m£3.6m
31/08/2022£3.6m£3.0m
31/08/2021£3.4m£2.9m

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the fourth consecutive year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £3,511,413. The trustees report that adequate reserves are held, supported by improved debtor management and no slow payers or bad debts by June 2024. The school remains committed to maintaining this stability while navigating potential sector challenges such as VAT on fees. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Allen Mills Howard Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PALOMA FOUNDATION1£300k
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD1£66k
THE CROSS TRUST1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED£4.5m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
BALLARD SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£7.4m——above—no doubt
ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE BROTHERS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION FY2025£3.6m—0above—no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED FY2025£5.5m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt

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