Registered charity · Manchester
Manchester High School for Girls
- 12 trustees
- Income £14m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Laura EarnshawChair · since 2022
- Giles Christopher BurtonTrustee · since 2019
- Joy Melanie BlackburnTrustee · since 2019
- Kate Elizabeth DicksonTrustee · since 2018
- Merlyn Vivienne LowtherTrustee · since 2017
- Mohammed Naveed YasinTrustee · since 2021
- Mohammed Wakkas KhanTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Carol Elaine Baxter CBETrustee · since 2021
- Professor Fiona Maria SmythTrustee · since 2019
- Sarah RamsbottomTrustee · since 2023
- Susheila Kumari CoxTrustee · since 2023
- Tamsin Sophie Amanda Lloyd-TyrrellTrustee · since 2021
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
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.manchesterhigh.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Manchester High School for Girls
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14m£14m
- 2024£14m£14m
- 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
- 2022£12m£12m
- 2021£12m£11m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SCHOOL ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF A DAY AND/OR DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR MANCHESTER OR ELSEWHERE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR GIRLS AS THE GOVERNORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE;(B) THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, ALLOWANCES, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE GOVERNORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE;(C) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IN MANCHESTER OR ELSEWHERE; AND(D) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN MANCHESTER OR ELSEWHERE.
Grants received
1 grant · £30,382 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £30,382
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Laura Earnshaw Chair since 2022
- Giles Christopher Burton since 2019
- Joy Melanie Blackburn since 2019
- Kate Elizabeth Dickson since 2018
- Merlyn Vivienne Lowther since 2017
- Mohammed Naveed Yasin since 2021
- Mohammed Wakkas Khan since 2021
- Professor Carol Elaine Baxter CBE since 2021
- Professor Fiona Maria Smyth since 2019
- Sarah Ramsbottom since 2023
- Susheila Kumari Cox since 2023
- Tamsin Sophie Amanda Lloyd-Tyrrell since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Giles Christopher Burton since 2019
- Joy Melanie Blackburn since 2019
- Kate Elizabeth Dickson since 2018
- Merlyn Vivienne Lowther since 2017
- Professor Fiona Maria Smyth since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Laura Earnshaw Chair since 2022
- Joy Melanie Blackburn since 2019
- Kate Elizabeth Dickson since 2018
- Mohammed Naveed Yasin since 2021
- Mohammed Wakkas Khan since 2021
- Professor Carol Elaine Baxter CBE since 2021
- Professor Fiona Maria Smyth since 2019
- Sarah Ramsbottom since 2023
- Susheila Kumari Cox since 2023
- Tamsin Sophie Amanda Lloyd-Tyrrell since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Giles Christopher Burton since 2019
- Merlyn Vivienne Lowther since 2017
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1164323
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/07/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/11/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09665070 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612240447 · administration@mhsg.manchester.sch.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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