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Registered charity · Manchester

Withington Girls' School

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £11m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Manchester City, Stockport, Cheshire East, Warrington and more
Website
www.wgs.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Withington Girls' School
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11m£11m
  • 2024£11m£11m
  • 2023£10m£10m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£9.9m
  • 2021£9.4m£9.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") SHALL BE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GIRLS' SCHOOL, WHERE BOYS MAY BE ADMITTED TO THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.(2) RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION MUST BE GIVEN IN THE SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH UNDER REGULATIONS MADE BY THE TRUSTEE

Grants received

2 grants · £33,400 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

15 trustees on the board

6.3y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 15Other Charitable Purposes 15Economic/community Development/employment 2

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 15Professional services 15Finance 8

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.

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£11.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.5 in 2021

150 from 153 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1158226
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 JUN 2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30/03/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/06/2015 as amended on 18 Mar 2024 as amended on 08 Jan 2026
Companies House
Company number 09083954 · Active
Contact on the register
01612493469 · cohena@wgs.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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