Registered charity · Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury School Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James PittChair · since 2018
- Christopher Edward Lesile WilliamsTrustee · since 2024
- Dominic PerksTrustee · since 2020
- Eleanor May Parfitt GurdenTrustee · since 2020
- James Edward Michael Cross KCTrustee · since 2011
- Michael Clifford Kerr BA, AcmaTrustee · since 2009
- Mr J DicksonTrustee · since 2017
- Mr JCR ArthurTrustee · since 2014
- Philip-Moritz RussmeyerTrustee · since 2023
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
- Shropshire
- Website
- www.shrewsbury.org.uk/page/foundation (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£1.4m
- 2024£1.1m£1.2m
- 2023£1.4m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£974k
- 2021£958k£941k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH SHREWSBURY SCHOOL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ( WHETHER OR NOT CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN LIKE MANNER DETERMINE
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.
9 trustees on the board
- James Pitt Chair since 2018
- Christopher Edward Lesile Williams since 2024
- Dominic Perks since 2020
- Eleanor May Parfitt Gurden since 2020
- James Edward Michael Cross KC since 2011
- Michael Clifford Kerr BA, Acma since 2009
- Mr J Dickson since 2017
- Mr JCR Arthur since 2014
- Philip-Moritz Russmeyer since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- James Pitt Chair since 2018
- Dominic Perks since 2020
- Eleanor May Parfitt Gurden since 2020
- James Edward Michael Cross KC since 2011
- Michael Clifford Kerr BA, Acma since 2009
- Mr J Dickson since 2017
- Mr JCR Arthur since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher Edward Lesile Williams since 2024
- Dominic Perks since 2020
- Eleanor May Parfitt Gurden since 2020
- James Edward Michael Cross KC since 2011
- Michael Clifford Kerr BA, Acma since 2009
- Mr J Dickson since 2017
- Mr JCR Arthur since 2014
- Philip-Moritz Russmeyer since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- James Pitt Chair since 2018
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
13.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 528415
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 18 MAY 1965 as amended on 28 Sep 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01743 280890 · foundation@shrewsbury.org.uk
- 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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