Registered charity · Leicester
Free School Foundation
Free School Foundation is a registered charity (number 527927) based in Leicester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Herbert Keith Evans since 2003. Latest income £12k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Billesdon OLD School, The OLD School Billesdon, The OLD School,Billesdon (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£4k
- 2024£4k£4k
- 2023£4k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£6k
- 2021£683£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE USE OF THE SCHOOL PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN EVENING SCHOOL, TECHNICAL OR OTHER CLASSES, LECTURES OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER. 2. THE PROVISION OF BOOKS OR FITTINGS FOR A SCHOOL LIBRARY.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Herbert Keith Evans Chair since 2003
- Carole Ratcliffe Secretary since 2018
- Rhena Sturgess since 2012
- Valerie Jean Hill since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Herbert Keith Evans Chair since 2003
- Carole Ratcliffe Secretary since 2018
- Rhena Sturgess since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Herbert Keith Evans Chair since 2003
- Carole Ratcliffe Secretary since 2018
- Rhena Sturgess since 2012
- Valerie Jean Hill since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 527927
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 6TH APRIL 1908.
- Contact on the register
- 01162596246 · potcot@talk21.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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