Registered charity · Cambridge
The Leys and ST Faith's Schools Foundation
- 23 trustees
- Income £34m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ashley SilvertonTrustee · since 2021
- Charles Thomas FaireyTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Philip William Peter BearcroftTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Richard Forbes AnthonyTrustee · since 2023
- Helena Margaret Renfrew KnightTrustee · since 2017
- James BurrettTrustee · since 2025
- Jeremy Michael GladwinTrustee · since 2021
- John Andrew UptonTrustee · since 2025
- John Michael MayTrustee · since 2021
- Julia Louise ClarkeTrustee · since 2017
- Lucy Alice SalesTrustee · since 2022
- Martin BrownTrustee · since 2017
- Professor Humeira IqtidarTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Paul Stuart GlassTrustee · since 2023
- Richard MitchellTrustee · since 2016
- Samuel Ohene Asante ReganTrustee · since 2024
- Sir Matthew John RycroftTrustee · since 2023
- Stephanie LoftTrustee · since 2017
- Stephanie Louise NorthcottTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen John BurgessTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen Michael PeakTrustee · since 2016
- Victoria Margaret WienandTrustee · since 2023
- Wendy Nelson-ChallenTrustee · since 2016
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
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.theleys.net,www.stfaiths.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Leys and ST Faith's Schools Foundation
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£34m£33m
- 2024£34m£32m
- 2023£31m£29m
Earlier years
- 2022£28m£26m
- 2021£27m£24m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE:(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOLS (PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THE RELIGIOUS TEACHING IN THE SCHOOLS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCE);(B)SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE SCHOOLS ARE SITUATED AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDER PUBLIC AS THE GOVERNORS MAY DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MAKING THE FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOLS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHEN THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE FORMAL EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING THE SCHOOLS,AND(SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THE OBJECTS), NO OTHER PURPOSES.
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.
23 trustees on the board
- Ashley Silverton since 2021
- Charles Thomas Fairey since 2019
- Dr Philip William Peter Bearcroft since 2025
- Dr Richard Forbes Anthony since 2023
- Helena Margaret Renfrew Knight since 2017
- James Burrett since 2025
- Jeremy Michael Gladwin since 2021
- John Andrew Upton since 2025
- John Michael May since 2021
- Julia Louise Clarke since 2017
- Lucy Alice Sales since 2022
- Martin Brown since 2017
- Professor Humeira Iqtidar since 2024
- Rev Paul Stuart Glass since 2023
- Richard Mitchell since 2016
- Samuel Ohene Asante Regan since 2024
- Sir Matthew John Rycroft since 2023
- Stephanie Loft since 2017
- Stephanie Louise Northcott since 2024
- Stephen John Burgess since 2025
- Stephen Michael Peak since 2016
- Victoria Margaret Wienand since 2023
- Wendy Nelson-Challen since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Thomas Fairey since 2019
- Helena Margaret Renfrew Knight since 2017
- Julia Louise Clarke since 2017
- Martin Brown since 2017
- Richard Mitchell since 2016
- Stephanie Loft since 2017
- Stephen Michael Peak since 2016
- Wendy Nelson-Challen since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (16)
- Ashley Silverton since 2021
- Charles Thomas Fairey since 2019
- Helena Margaret Renfrew Knight since 2017
- James Burrett since 2025
- Jeremy Michael Gladwin since 2021
- John Andrew Upton since 2025
- Julia Louise Clarke since 2017
- Lucy Alice Sales since 2022
- Martin Brown since 2017
- Professor Humeira Iqtidar since 2024
- Richard Mitchell since 2016
- Sir Matthew John Rycroft since 2023
- Stephanie Loft since 2017
- Stephanie Louise Northcott since 2024
- Victoria Margaret Wienand since 2023
- Wendy Nelson-Challen since 2016
Portfolio (7)
- Dr Philip William Peter Bearcroft since 2025
- Dr Richard Forbes Anthony since 2023
- John Michael May since 2021
- Rev Paul Stuart Glass since 2023
- Samuel Ohene Asante Regan since 2024
- Stephen John Burgess since 2025
- Stephen Michael Peak since 2016
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.
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
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 21.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144035
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/08/2011 as amended on 21 Jun 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 07748737 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223508900 · office@theleys.net
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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