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Registered charity · Sheffield

Birkdale School

Birkdale School is a registered charity (number 1018973) based in Sheffield, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Paul Richard Houghton since 2013. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City and more
Website
www.birkdaleschool.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Birkdale School
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£14m
  • 2024£13m£14m
  • 2023£13m£10m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.1m£9.2m
  • 2021£8.7m£8.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1.1 TO ACQUIRE THE ASSETS AND UNDERTAKING OF BIRKDALE SCHOOL, SHEFFIELD AS NOW VESTED IN AND CARRIED ON BY THE TRUSTEES OF BIRKDALE SCHOOL ("THE SCHOOL") AND THEREAFTER TO CARRY ON AND DEVELOP THE SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE WITH THE SPECIFIC OBJECTS OF MAINTAINING ITS EXISTING TRADITION OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION BASED ON THE EVANGELICAL DOCTRINE WHICH EMPHASISES THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE IN ALL MATTERS OF FAITH AND CONDUCT. THE APPOINTMENT OF BOTH GOVERNORS AND STAFF SHALL REFLECT THE COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN THIS TRADITION, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE APPOINTMENT OF HEADS.3.1.2 TO ESTABLISH MAINTAIN OR SUPPORT OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT MAINTENANCE OR SUPPORT OF OTHER SCHOOLS OR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION OR BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE PROVIDED THAT NO ASSISTANCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO SCHOOLS OR PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOT ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.3y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12Religious Activities 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 10Arts and leisure 3Other services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021

214 from 135 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1018973
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 FEB 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 NOV 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 MAR 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 MAY 2016
Companies House
Company number 02792166 · Active
Contact on the register
01142668400 · accounts@birkdaleschool.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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