Registered charity · Hitchin
Friends of Whitehill and Highbury Schools
Friends of Whitehill and Highbury Schools is a registered charity (number 1072076) based in Hitchin, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by James Wooldridge since 2023. Latest income £22k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James WooldridgeChair · since 2023
- Alison HarperTrustee · since 2021
- Claudia SpierTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Rebecca KirkTrustee · since 2023
- Laura HawkerTrustee · since 2025
- Liz BannisterTrustee · since 2021
- Rebecca ChapmanTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah FlainTrustee · since 2019
- Siobhan Marie PalmerTrustee · 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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.facebook.com/HighburyandWhitehillPTA (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£20k
- 2024£21k£21k
- 2023£19k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£4k
- 2021£6k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOLS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- James Wooldridge Chair since 2023
- Alison Harper since 2021
- Claudia Spier since 2023
- Dr Rebecca Kirk since 2023
- Laura Hawker since 2025
- Liz Bannister since 2021
- Rebecca Chapman since 2023
- Sarah Flain since 2019
- Siobhan Marie Palmer since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Sarah Flain since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- James Wooldridge Chair since 2023
- Alison Harper since 2021
- Claudia Spier since 2023
- Dr Rebecca Kirk since 2023
- Laura Hawker since 2025
- Liz Bannister since 2021
- Rebecca Chapman since 2023
- Sarah Flain since 2019
- Siobhan Marie Palmer 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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1072076
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16TH JULY 1998 AND AMENDED 22 SEPTEMBER 2005 as amended on 10 Oct 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07825396048 · highburyandwhitehillpta@yahoo.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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