The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Dovenby Free Grammar School

Registered charity 526784 Registered since 1967

Operates: Cumbria

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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.

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 3General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£266 latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailyvonnegibson1849@gmail.com
Phone07850533225
AddressSchool House, Tallentire, COCKERMOUTH, Cumbria, CA13 0PR

Finances

£266 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£247£250
2021£252£250
2022£202£250
2023£262£250
2024£266£250

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1. MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS AND PREMISES OF DOVENBY SCHOOL. 2. ASSISTING BOYS AND GIRLS FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATION OTHER THAN ELEMENTARY. 3. ATTENDING TO THE HEALTH OR PHYSICAL CONDITION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING DOVENBY SCHOOL. 4. OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION. INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE POORER CLASSES.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 30TH AUGUST, 1927

Trustees (3)

3trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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