Higham Hall College

Registered charity 1124959 Registered since 2008

Operates: Cumbria

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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

Margaret Walker Chair since 2026
Alison Gilvey since 2025
Christine Pick since 2026
Jane Hindle since 2025

0.5y median 0.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

4.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Alison Gilvey since 2025
Christine Pick since 2026

Portfolio (2)

Margaret Walker Chair since 2026
Jane Hindle since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 4Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 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 4Property 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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2020

35 from 29 in 2020

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

Camden School Foundation of Frances Mary Buss 1 shared trustee
NO Going Back Foundation 1 shared trustee
Brooke Robinson Museum Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Change Foundation Similar size; both Community development
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council Similar size; both Community development
Oakleaf Enterprise Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.highamhall.com
Email	admin@highamhall.com
Phone	01768776276
Address	HIGHAM HALL, BASSENTHWAITE LAKE, COCKERMOUTH, CA13 9SH

Finances

£1,457,178 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£722,639	£709,309
2022	£982,786	£943,078
2023	£1,079,922	£1,043,393
2024	£1,244,419	£1,184,680
2025	£1,457,178	£1,276,372

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A MANNER AS MAY BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PROVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION INCLUDING FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, DEAFNESS OR WHO ARE HEARD OF HEARING

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 NOVEMBER 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 20 JUNE 2008

Trustees (4)

4trustees

66median age

1aged 70+

Margaret Walkerage band 80-84 Chair since 2026
Alison Gilveyage band 60-64 since 2025
Christine Pick since 2026
Jane Hindleage band 65-69 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Higham Hall College · 06421365 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/11/2007

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

NO Going Back Foundation 1 shared trustee
Camden School Foundation of Frances Mary Buss 1 shared trustee
Brooke Robinson Museum Trust 1 shared trustee

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