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The Foundation Charity of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

The Foundation Charity of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School is a registered charity (number 517907) based in Sutton Coldfield, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Dean James Carter since 2013. Latest income £5.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £5.7m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Birmingham City
Website
www.bishopveseys.bham.sch.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.7m£3.3m
  • 2024£1.6m£245k
  • 2023£264k£255k
Earlier years
  • 2022£201k£512k
  • 2021£644k£329k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

AFTER PAYMENT OF ANY EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION, THE NET INCOME OF THE FOUNDATION SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE GOVERNORS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:—(A) THE PROVISION OF A SITE IN SUTTON COLDFIELD FOR THE SCHOOL.(B) IN PROVIDING SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR THE SCHOOL OF A KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY PUBLIC FUNDS.(C) IN AWARDING TO PUPILS WHO ARE ATTENDING, OR WHO HAVE ATTENDED, THE SCHOOL EXHIBITIONS TENABLE AT THE SCHOOL OR AT ANY TRAINING COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED BY THE GOVERNORS. EXHIBITIONS MAY COMPRISE PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF FEES OR BY WAY OF MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE, AND SHALL BE AWARDED UNDER RULES TO BE MADE BY THE GOVERNORS, INCLUDING RULES AS TO THE VALUE AND PERIOD OF TENURE OF THE EXHIBITIONS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS AND METHOD OF ASCERTAINMENT AND SELECTION, OF CANDIDATES.(D) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ENABLE PUPILS AND FORMER PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL ON LEAVING THE SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TO PREPARE FOR, OR TO ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO, A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING.(E) IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, OF PUPILS AND FORMER PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL.

Grants received

1 grant · £25,000 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

Most recent

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.

7 trustees on the board

7.1y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
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 7

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 1Other services 1

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.

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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£5.7m 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.

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

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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
517907
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 1 MAY 1957 AS AMENDED BY ORDER 26 MARCH 2012 AS AMENDED BY S282 RESOLUTION CONCURRED WITH ON 19 APRIL 2018 AS AMENDED BY S282 RESOLUTION CONCURRED WITH ON 15 AUGUST 2019 AS AMENDED ON 12 OCT 2020 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 28TH APRIL 2021
Contact on the register
01212505400 · g.swindells@bishopveseys.bham.sch.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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