Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust

Analysis

Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheadle. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust reported income of £620k and spending of £289k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £395k to £620k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One by One (£620k), Prospex (£620k) and North Paddington Foodbank (£619k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83% and investments 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £166k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%.