Registered charity · Essex
Edith Elms Special School Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £10k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jon AblewhiteChair · since 2013
- Alison BeasleyTrustee · since 2017
- Angela GarnettTrustee · since 2017
- Bridget RavenTrustee · since 2023
- Dean HollowayTrustee · since 2018
- Deborah TannerTrustee · since 2020
- Gemma Louise FowlerTrustee · since 2026
- Helen GurlingTrustee
- Joanna WellerTrustee
- Leah SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Michelle GloverTrustee · since 2020
- Paul RowlenTrustee
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
- Essex
- Linked company
- Edith Elms Special School Trust
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£21k
- 2024£10k£37k
- 2023£11k£42k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£29k
- 2021£8k£20k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AND EX-PUPILS OF SHOREFIELDS SCHOOL IN CLACTON BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE FACILITIES IN AUGMENTATION OF SUCH FACILITIES FINANCED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Jon Ablewhite Chair since 2013
- Alison Beasley since 2017
- Angela Garnett since 2017
- Bridget Raven since 2023
- Dean Holloway since 2018
- Deborah Tanner since 2020
- Gemma Louise Fowler since 2026
- Helen Gurling
- Joanna Weller
- Leah Smith since 2023
- Michelle Glover since 2020
- Paul Rowlen
Trustees past 6 years
- Jon Ablewhite Chair since 2013
- Alison Beasley since 2017
- Angela Garnett since 2017
- Dean Holloway since 2018
- Deborah Tanner since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Jon Ablewhite Chair since 2013
- Alison Beasley since 2017
- Angela Garnett since 2017
- Bridget Raven since 2023
- Dean Holloway since 2018
- Deborah Tanner since 2020
- Gemma Louise Fowler since 2026
- Helen Gurling
- Leah Smith since 2023
- Michelle Glover since 2020
Portfolio (2)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1098964
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/03/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/04/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 04394324 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01255424412 · admin@shorefields.essex.sch.uk
- 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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