Registered charity · Birmingham
The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £11m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Andrew MilnerTrustee · since 2022
- Anita PooleTrustee · since 2018
- Bernard Hugh SingletonTrustee · since 2018
- Karan Diedre GilmoreTrustee · since 2018
- Mark Broughton-TaylorTrustee · since 2024
- Martin Hamilton DykeTrustee · since 2018
- Rev Charles ButlerTrustee · since 2023
- Very REV Matt ThompsonTrustee · since 2018
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- William GUY Shubra HordernTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 9 other charities:
- The Cathedral Church of ST Philip Birmingham · 1 shared trustee
- The Grantham Yorke Trust · 1 shared trustee
- ST Philip's Relief in Need Charity · 1 shared trustee
- The Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance · 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Bartholomew, Edgbaston · 1 shared trustee
- Limoges Charitable Trust · 1 shared trustee
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- The Friends of Birmingham Cathedral · 1 shared trustee
- ST Basil's · 1 shared trustee
- Birmingham Newman University · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.thebluecoatschool.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11m£11m
- 2024£10m£9.9m
- 2023£9.1m£9.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.6m£8.2m
- 2021£7.9m£7.4m
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION AND/OR CONDUCT AND/OR SUPPORT OF A SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, WHICH SCHOOL SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM AND WHICH SHALL HAVE A RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND BY ANCILLARY AND INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrew Milner since 2022
- Anita Poole since 2018
- Bernard Hugh Singleton since 2018
- Karan Diedre Gilmore since 2018
- Mark Broughton-Taylor since 2024
- Martin Hamilton Dyke since 2018
- Rev Charles Butler since 2023
- Very REV Matt Thompson since 2018
- William GUY Shubra Hordern since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Anita Poole since 2018
- Bernard Hugh Singleton since 2018
- Karan Diedre Gilmore since 2018
- Martin Hamilton Dyke since 2018
- Very REV Matt Thompson since 2018
- William GUY Shubra Hordern since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Andrew Milner since 2022
- Anita Poole since 2018
- Bernard Hugh Singleton since 2018
- Mark Broughton-Taylor since 2024
- Rev Charles Butler since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Karan Diedre Gilmore since 2018
- Martin Hamilton Dyke since 2018
- Very REV Matt Thompson since 2018
- William GUY Shubra Hordern since 2018
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1152244
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 APR 2013 as amended on 17 Jun 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 08502615 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214106800 · morgangw@thebluecoatschool.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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