The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Newfriars College

Registered charity 1204344 Registered since 2023

Operates: Cheshire East, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derby City, Stoke-on-trent City

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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.

8 trustees on the board

1.2y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
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 8

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 9

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£7.4m 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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2024

149 from 126 in 2024
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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.newfriarscollege.org.uk
Emailhelpline@newfriarscollege.org.uk
Phone01782987180
AddressNewfriars College, NEWHOUSE ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 8BH

Finances

£7,420,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£8,333,000£5,406,000
2025£7,420,000£6,082,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:2.1 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, BY PROVIDING TRANSITION ROUTES INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY, EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED WORK EXPERIENCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING;2.2 TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION, INCLUDING FURTHER EDUCATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 JUN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JUL 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Newfriars College · 11426256 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/06/2018

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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