The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Derwen College

Registered charity 1153280 Registered since 2013

Operates: Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin

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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.

10 trustees on the board

6.5y median 4y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 10Disability 10Education/training 10

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 13Professional services 2Other services 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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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£14.5m 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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2020

407 from 330 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.
88%
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.derwen.ac.uk
Emailandrew.smith@derwen.ac.uk
Phone01691661234
AddressDERWEN COLLEGE, WHITTINGTON ROAD, GOBOWEN, OSWESTRY, SY11 3JA

Finances

£14,510,221 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£9,802,607£9,328,072
2021£9,464,157£10,266,014
2022£11,925,119£11,393,839
2023£13,511,473£12,681,258
2024£14,510,221£14,465,897

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

- TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES;- TO OBTAIN OR PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES; AND - TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES (WITH OR WITHOUT THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR DEPENDENTS) AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICES BECAUSE OF THEIR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 OCT 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 MAR 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
61median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Derwen College · 08615826 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/07/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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