The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Wakefield Grammar School Foundation

Registered charity 1088415 Registered since 2001

Operates: City Of Wakefield

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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.

11 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (9)

11
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 11Religious Activities 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 17Professional services 5Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£23.7m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.5 in 2021

345 from 455 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wgsf.org.uk
Emailwgsfoffice@wgsf.org
Phone01924231600
AddressWAKEFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION, GOVERNORS OFFICE, 158 NORTHGATE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 3UF

Finances

£23,665,481 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£20,520,290£20,629,009
2022£22,604,265£22,026,500
2023£24,129,343£25,266,352
2024£24,590,807£25,398,778
2025£23,665,481£26,888,713

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR WAKEFIELD OR ELSEWHERE IN BRITAIN AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/07/2001AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 05/02/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24/02/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 JUN 2017 as amended on 04 Nov 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wakefield Grammar School Foundation · 04258359 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/07/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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