Pownall Hall School Trust Limited

Registered charity 525929 Registered since 1966

Operates: Cheshire East

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Eileen Macaulay Chair since 2011
Alexandra Simmonds since 2023
Debra Hueting since 2023
Niamh Maria Wood since 2018
Roger Hill since 2024
Rollo Barnaby Wilson Wood since 2018
Thomas James Wareham since 2013

7.4y median 8y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Eileen Macaulay Chair since 2011
Niamh Maria Wood since 2018
Rollo Barnaby Wilson Wood since 2018
Thomas James Wareham since 2013

9.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Eileen Macaulay Chair since 2011
Alexandra Simmonds since 2023
Debra Hueting since 2023
Niamh Maria Wood since 2018
Roger Hill since 2024
Rollo Barnaby Wilson Wood since 2018
Thomas James Wareham since 2013

company-linked trustees

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£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.

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

Cvqo LTD Similar size; both Education
OUR Lady of Sion School, Worthing Similar size; both Education
The Independent Schools' Bursars Association Similar size; both Education
Voice 21 Similar size; both Education
The Camelia Botnar Foundation Similar size; both Education
Institute of Biomedical Science Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.pownallhallschool.co.uk
Email	genoffice@pownallhallschool.co.uk
Phone	01625523141
Address	POWNALL HALL SCHOOL, CARRWOOD ROAD, WILMSLOW, SK9 5DW

Finances

£3,947,977 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,109,875	£2,308,604
2022	£2,382,868	£2,462,809
2023	£3,153,070	£2,964,351
2024	£3,810,513	£3,546,067
2025	£3,947,977	£3,633,602

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD JUNE 1960

Trustees (7)

7trustees

57median age

2aged 70+

Eileen Macaulayage band 70-74 Chair since 2011
Alexandra Simmondsage band 50-54 since 2023
Debra Huetingage band 50-54 since 2023
Niamh Maria Woodage band 55-59 since 2018
Roger Hillage band 65-69 since 2024
Rollo Barnaby Wilson Woodage band 55-59 since 2018
Thomas James Warehamage band 70-74 since 2013

Linked company (Companies House)

Pownall Hall School Trust Limited · 00661518 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/06/1960

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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