Breckenbrough School Limited

Registered charity 1122269 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Digby Geoffrey Swift since 2021
John Nicholas Margham since 2019
John Robert Siddle Littlefair since 2026
Lynne Ward since 2026

3y median 2.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

John Nicholas Margham since 2019

11.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

John Nicholas Margham since 2019
John Robert Siddle Littlefair since 2026
Lynne Ward since 2026

Portfolio (1)

Digby Geoffrey Swift since 2021

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 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Religious 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 5Health 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£5.9m 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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.8 in 2021

92 from 73 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.

98%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Ackworth School 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Nightingale House Hospice Similar size; both Health
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity Similar size; both Health
Picker Institute Europe Similar size; both Health
DR Kershaw's Hospice Similar size; both Health
The Jabbs Foundation Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.breckenbrough.org.uk
Email	office@breckenbrough.org.uk
Phone	01845587238
Address	BRECKENBROUGH SCHOOL, BRECKENBROUGH, THIRSK, YO7 4EN

Finances

£5,897,649 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,867,507	£4,058,292
2022	£4,871,007	£4,177,660
2023	£4,990,954	£4,625,023
2024	£5,173,280	£5,198,842
2025	£5,897,649	£5,574,802

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

1) THE PROVISION OF A SPECIAL SCHOOL AT BRECKENBROUGH SCHOOL, THIRSK OR IN OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND RUNNING OF A SCHOOL TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH AN EDUCATION SUITABLY ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS; AND2) TO CARRY ON SUCH SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 APRIL 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 21 NOVEMBER 2007 AND 01 OCTOBER 2008 as amended on 12 Feb 2026

Trustees (4)

4trustees

72median age

2aged 70+

Digby Geoffrey Swiftage band 80-84 since 2021
John Nicholas Marghamage band 65-69 since 2019
John Robert Siddle Littlefairage band 75-79 since 2026
Lynne Wardage band 65-69 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Breckenbrough School Limited · 06223076 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/04/2007

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Yorkshire Quakers 1 shared trustee

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