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Founders4Schools

3.1 The objects of the CIO are to advance and promote the education of: 3.1.1 young people under the age of 25, with a focus on those from under-represented, under-served and diverse communities; and 3.1.2 people of any age in digital skills,...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.founders4schools.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£1.2m
  • 2024£1.3m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.2m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.3m£1.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 The objects of the CIO are to advance and promote the education of: 3.1.1 young people under the age of 25, with a focus on those from under-represented, under-served and diverse communities; and 3.1.2 people of any age in digital skills, including those employed in micro, SME and large organisations, in such ways as the charity trustees from time to time think fit including by promoting, facilitating and assisting in the provision of careers and skills related education and advice with the intention of: (i) encouraging and enabling young people to leave formal education with a skill set that is appropriate for or consistent with future jobs; and (ii) encouraging and enabling people of any age to advance their skills, reduce the skills gap, and to support young people to develop their employability skills.3.2 The CIO will advance and promote its objects with particular reference to entrepreneurship in the fields of technology, applied sciences and related subjects; or other areas and fields as considered appropriate by the trustees from time to time.3.3 Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for a purpose which is not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Grants received

3 grants · £223,708 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £223,708 (2 grants)
  • Nesta ·

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,3782021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £196,3302020-07-27
  • Nesta Amount not published2018-03-13
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.

9 trustees on the board

5.2y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9Economic/community Development/employment 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Professional services 10Education 5Business services 3

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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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£1.4m 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.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.9 in 2021

13 from 15 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
1162197
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 15 Jun 2015 as amended on 02 May 2023 as amended on 14 Aug 2025
Contact on the register
07740534954 · sherry.coutu@founders4schools.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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