Registered charity · Horsham
The Friends of Pennthorpe School
- 10 trustees
- Income £34k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jennifer BowdenChair · since 2024
- Abbie PetherTrustee · since 2025
- Clare RuauxTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Adele CoverdaleTrustee · since 2026
- Emma CarterTrustee · since 2026
- Emma WhitwamTrustee · since 2025
- Evangeline RobinsonTrustee · since 2026
- Jackie GriffinTrustee · since 2026
- Lindsey SharkeyTrustee · since 2025
- Rebecca Willding-JonesTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- West Sussex
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£34k£32k
- 2024£18k£31k
- 2023£52k£45k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£7k
- 2021£7k£20k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF PENNTHORPE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AT THE SCHOOL AND 2. TO FOSTER MORE EXTENDED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL. 3. TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER CHARITIES AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Jennifer Bowden Chair since 2024
- Abbie Pether since 2025
- Clare Ruaux since 2025
- Dr Adele Coverdale since 2026
- Emma Carter since 2026
- Emma Whitwam since 2025
- Evangeline Robinson since 2026
- Jackie Griffin since 2026
- Lindsey Sharkey since 2025
- Rebecca Willding-Jones since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Jennifer Bowden Chair since 2024
- Abbie Pether since 2025
- Clare Ruaux since 2025
- Dr Adele Coverdale since 2026
- Emma Carter since 2026
- Emma Whitwam since 2025
- Evangeline Robinson since 2026
- Jackie Griffin since 2026
- Lindsey Sharkey since 2025
- Rebecca Willding-Jones since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1069070
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11/02/1997AS AMENDED ON 10/07/2014 as amended on 27 Jun 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01403 822391 · foptreasurer@pennthorpe.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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