Registered charity · Blackburn
Westholme School Limited
- 13 trustees
- Income £10m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Brian Christopher MarsdenChair · since 1995
- David John BerryTrustee · since 2010
- Deborah NorthinTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Richard DobrashianTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Sanjoy BhattacharyyaTrustee · since 2020
- Gerard Gregory O'NeillTrustee · since 2019
- Jonathon BackhouseTrustee · since 2010
- Julie MeadowsTrustee · since 2014
- Louise Anne RobinsonTrustee · since 2019
- Oliver MccannTrustee · since 2017
- Peter Graham ForrestTrustee
- Pippa WilliamsonTrustee · since 2020
- Vanessa Robinson-HoyTrustee · since 2019
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
- Blackburn With Darwen
- Website
- www.westholmeschool.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Westholme School Limited
- Registered
- 1968
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10m£10m
- 2024£9.8m£9.7m
- 2023£8.5m£9.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.3m£8.0m
- 2021£7.0m£7.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Brian Christopher Marsden Chair since 1995
- David John Berry since 2010
- Deborah Northin since 2020
- Dr Richard Dobrashian since 2016
- Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharyya since 2020
- Gerard Gregory O'Neill since 2019
- Jonathon Backhouse since 2010
- Julie Meadows since 2014
- Louise Anne Robinson since 2019
- Oliver Mccann since 2017
- Peter Graham Forrest
- Pippa Williamson since 2020
- Vanessa Robinson-Hoy since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Christopher Marsden Chair since 1995
- David John Berry since 2010
- Dr Richard Dobrashian since 2016
- Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharyya since 2020
- Gerard Gregory O'Neill since 2019
- Jonathon Backhouse since 2010
- Julie Meadows since 2014
- Louise Anne Robinson since 2019
- Oliver Mccann since 2017
- Pippa Williamson since 2020
- Vanessa Robinson-Hoy since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Brian Christopher Marsden Chair since 1995
- David John Berry since 2010
- Deborah Northin since 2020
- Dr Richard Dobrashian since 2016
- Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharyya since 2020
- Gerard Gregory O'Neill since 2019
- Jonathon Backhouse since 2010
- Julie Meadows since 2014
- Louise Anne Robinson since 2019
- Oliver Mccann since 2017
- Peter Graham Forrest
- Pippa Williamson since 2020
- Vanessa Robinson-Hoy since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 526615
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1ST FEBRUARY 1968 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26 JUNE 1995.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 NOV 2011
- Companies House
- Company number 00926692 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01254506070 · PRINCIPAL@WESTHOLMESCHOOL.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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