The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Birkdale School

Registered charity 1018973 Registered since 1993

Operates: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City, Derbyshire

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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

10.1y
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.birkdaleschool.org.uk
Emailaccounts@birkdaleschool.org.uk
Phone01142668400
AddressBIRKDALE SCHOOL, 4 OAKHOLME ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 3DH

Finances

£12,672,628 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,717,406£8,707,523
2022£9,128,685£9,210,868
2023£13,415,558£10,157,418
2024£13,011,898£13,591,681
2025£12,672,628£13,788,039

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Birkdale School · 02792166 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/1993

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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