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Registered charity · Wilmslow

Pownall Hall School Trust Limited

Pownall Hall School Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 525929) based in Wilmslow, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Eileen Macaulay since 2011. Latest income £3.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Pownall Hall School (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £3.9m (2025)
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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
Cheshire East
Website
www.pownallhallschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Pownall Hall School Trust Limited
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.9m£3.6m
  • 2024£3.8m£3.5m
  • 2023£3.2m£3.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.4m£2.5m
  • 2021£2.1m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO TAKE OVER AND CARRY ON AND DEVELOP THE UNDER-TAKING OF POWNALL HALL SCHOOL, AN INDEPENDENT PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AT WILMSLOW, IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER. 2. TO ACQUIRE AND CARRY ON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ANY OTHER SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

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

7.4y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 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 7

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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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£3.9m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

81 from 62 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
525929
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD JUNE 1960
Companies House
Company number 00661518 · Active
Contact on the register
01625523141 · genoffice@pownallhallschool.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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