The Wrekin College Foundation

Registered charity 1103684 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Dr Haydn Paul Griffiths Chair since 2014
Ben Longstaff since 2022
Emma Crawford since 2024
Neil Griffiths since 2024
Richard John Pearson since 2016
Richard Bruckshaw since 2025

6y median 4y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Haydn Paul Griffiths Chair since 2014
Richard John Pearson since 2016

11.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Ben Longstaff since 2022
Emma Crawford since 2024
Richard John Pearson since 2016

Portfolio (2)

Dr Haydn Paul Griffiths Chair since 2014
Neil Griffiths since 2024

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 5General Charitable Purposes 5Disability 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 2Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2022

2023

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incomespending£563k latest income

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: 4.0 months

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Ymca Wellington and District 1 shared trustee
Telford Visually Impaired Group 1 shared trustee
The Wrekin OLD Hall Trust Limited 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Irish in Britain Similar size; both General purposes
Watford Women's Centre Similar size; both General purposes
Ecpat UK Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.wrekincollege.com
Phone	01952265611
Address	The Bursar, WREKIN COLLEGE:, BURSARS OFFICE, SUTHERLAND ROAD, WELLINGTON, TELFORD

Finances

£562,827 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£176,144	£163,998
2022	£187,316	£200,566
2023	£247,230	£205,122
2024	£217,479	£249,282
2025	£562,827	£128,460

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:(A) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES AT WREKIN COLLEGE, INCLUDING RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF PUPILS;(B) THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, GRANT, LOANS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PUPILS AND PROSPECTIVE PUPILS OF WREKIN COLLEGE UPON SUCH TERMS AND SUBJECT TO SUCH RESTRICTIONS OR CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT;(C) THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF PUPILS AT WREKIN COLLEGE, INCLUDING RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, WHICH WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES;(D) THE PROVISION OF ANY OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR OR ASSISTANCE TO WREKIN COLLEGE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 18 JUNE 2003 as amended on 08 Oct 2018

Trustees (6)

5trustees

45median age

1aged 70+

Dr Haydn Paul Griffithsage band 75-79 Chair since 2014
Ben Longstaff since 2022
Emma Crawfordage band 45-49 since 2024
Neil Griffithsage band 40-44 since 2024
Richard John Pearson since 2016
Richard Bruckshaw since 2025

Connected charities (3)

Ymca Wellington and District 1 shared trustee
Telford Visually Impaired Group 1 shared trustee
The Wrekin OLD Hall Trust Limited 1 shared trustee

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