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Bootham School

Bootham School is a registered charity (number 513645) based in York, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Catherine Woodbine since 2015. Latest income £14m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £14m (2025)

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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
Education/training
Where
North Yorkshire, City Of York
Website
www.boothamschool.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bootham School
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14m£14m
  • 2024£14m£14m
  • 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£12m£12m
  • 2021£11m£11m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

TO CARRY ON SUCH SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND OTHERS.

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.

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (4)

14
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 14General Charitable Purposes 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 16Health and social care 3Property 3

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£13.7m latest income
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.

9.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.0 in 2021

175 from 169 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
513645
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 DECEMBER 1982 as amended on 01 Dec 2017 as amended on 08 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 01686068 · Active
Contact on the register
01904654395 · office@boothamschool.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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