The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Wolverhampton Grammar School Independence Appeals Fund

Registered charity 507487 Registered since 1978

Operates: Wolverhampton

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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.

4 trustees on the board

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (4)

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 4

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 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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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£390k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wgs.org.uk
Emailinfo@wgs.org.uk
Phone01902421326
AddressWOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, COMPTON ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 9RB

Finances

£390,033 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£282,076£326,990
2022£197,989£229,856
2023£310,758£259,340
2024£698,363£244,739
2025£390,033£258,532

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR OR TOWARDS MEETING THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE SCHOOL AS AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 4 APRIL 1978 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 10 MARCH 1980, DEED OF APPOINTMENT DATED 15 OCTOBER 1991 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 20 JULY 1994.

Trustees (4)

4trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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