Registered charity · Ellesmere
Ellesmere College Limited
- 10 trustees
- Income £11m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charles LillisChair · since 2011
- Anna SuttonTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Julie ScanlonTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Karen CastleTrustee · since 2019
- Jane Makie Trowbridge LLP JPTrustee · since 2014
- John Kevin ClarkeTrustee · since 2025
- Julie NietoTrustee · since 2026
- Michael Donald Thomas SampsonTrustee · since 2014
- Michael WardTrustee · since 2023
- William Simon Clarkson WebbTrustee · since 2026
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
- Shropshire
- Website
- www.ellesmere.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ellesmere College Limited
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11m£12m
- 2024£13m£13m
- 2023£12m£12m
Earlier years
- 2022£9.6m£11m
- 2021£9.6m£9.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND EXTEND EDUCATION (INCLUDING SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, MORAL, CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION)IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPALS OF THE CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD OR ELSEWHERE THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:BY CARRYING ON THE SCHOOL KNOWN AS ELLESMERE COLLEGE AND ANY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATED WITH IT IN A MANNER WHICH DEVELOPS AND SUSTAINS A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT CENTRED ON THE ANGLICAN TRADITION OF THE EUCHARIST AND AT WHICH A FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IS ATTACHED TO THE TEACHING OF THOSE PRINCIPLES;PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTNESS OF WOODARD CORPORATION;PROMOTING THE USE OF THE FACILITIES OF ANY SCHOOL BY THE WIDER COMMUNITY
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
- Charles Lillis Chair since 2011
- Anna Sutton since 2021
- Dr Julie Scanlon since 2023
- Dr Karen Castle since 2019
- Jane Makie Trowbridge LLP JP since 2014
- John Kevin Clarke since 2025
- Julie Nieto since 2026
- Michael Donald Thomas Sampson since 2014
- Michael Ward since 2023
- William Simon Clarkson Webb since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Lillis Chair since 2011
- Dr Karen Castle since 2019
- Jane Makie Trowbridge LLP JP since 2014
- Michael Donald Thomas Sampson since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Charles Lillis Chair since 2011
- Anna Sutton since 2021
- Dr Julie Scanlon since 2023
- Dr Karen Castle since 2019
- Jane Makie Trowbridge LLP JP since 2014
- Julie Nieto since 2026
- Michael Donald Thomas Sampson since 2014
- Michael Ward since 2023
- William Simon Clarkson Webb since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- John Kevin Clarke since 2025
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
- 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
3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1103049
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 8TH MARCH 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 25 JANUARY 2006 AND 28 APRIL 2009.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 APR 2013
- Companies House
- Company number 05066406 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01691622321 · directoroffinance@ellesmere.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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