Newcastle-Under-Lyme School

Registered charity 1124463 Registered since 2008

Operates: Cheshire East, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.7y median 1.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Mcgowan since 2017
David Holland MA since 2018

8.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 7

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 6Business services 4Construction 4

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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.

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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£12.8m 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.

13.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 19.2 in 2021

198 from 215 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.

Also active in the same field

Birkdale School Similar size; both Education
ST Edmund's School Canterbury Similar size; both Education
League Football Education Similar size; both Education
Princeton Charitable Foundation Limited Similar size; both Education
The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded AS NEW Hall, in the University of Cambridge Similar size; both Education
The College of ST Peter LE Bailey in the University of Oxford Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.nuls.org.uk
Email	ncrouch@nuls.org.uk
Phone	01782664605
Address	Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Mount Pleasant, Newcastle, ST5 1DB

Finances

£12,835,137 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£10,777,627	£9,400,625
2022	£12,748,566	£10,024,035
2023	£11,689,493	£11,135,185
2024	£12,415,404	£12,616,657
2025	£12,835,137	£13,446,709

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS ) FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY ;1) THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT IN OR NEAR NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, OF A DAY AND/OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS ( THE SCHOOL ) FOR BOYS AND/OR GIRLS WHICH SHALL SUBJECT TO BELOW INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND2) ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY POLICY SET BY THE GOVERNORS FROM TIME TO TIME ANY PUPIL MAY BE EXEMPTED FROM INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/12/2011 as amended on 08 May 2019

Trustees (7)

7trustees

59median age

0aged 70+

David Philip Wallbank BAage band 60-64 Chair
Andrew Mcgowanage band 50-54 since 2017
David Holland MA since 2018
David Ross Williamsage band 60-64 since 2024
Richard John Colcloughage band 55-59 since 2025
Susan Shardlowage band 60-64 since 2025
Vamshi Jagadeshamage band 45-49 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Newcastle-Under-Lyme School · 06611453 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/06/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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