The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Elms (Colwall) Limited

Registered charity 527252 Registered since 1965

Operates: Herefordshire

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 11

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 13Business services 3Property 3

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

11.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.6 in 2021

65 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.elmsschool.co.uk
Emailbursar@elmsschool.co.uk
Phone01684540344
AddressTHE ELMS SCHOOL, COLWALL GREEN, MALVERN, WR13 6EF

Finances

£3,325,316 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,485,195£2,942,239
2022£3,258,288£3,051,175
2023£2,897,053£3,050,961
2024£3,325,316£3,484,819
2025

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH, PROVIDE, CONDUCT AND CARRY ON RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS TO GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, EXHIBITIONS AND PRIZES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE HOLDING OF LECTURES, CLASSES, CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS AND CONCERTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 30TH MARCH 1965 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1965.

Trustees (11)

11trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Elms (Colwall) Limited(the) · 00843499 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/03/1965

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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