Registered charity · Birmingham
The Charity Called Handsworth Grammar School
- 9 trustees
- Income £68k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ben SmoldenTrustee · since 2014
- Christopher EtheridgeTrustee · since 2023
- Hocine IdjerTrustee · since 2013
- John BerryTrustee · since 2017
- Peter JonesTrustee · since 2015
- Prof Mohammad ShahabuddinTrustee · since 2022
- Ravinder Kaur MinhasTrustee · since 2024
- Sajid YacoobTrustee · since 2018
- Simon FarrellTrustee · since 2018
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
- Birmingham City
- Registered
- 1961
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£68k£30k
- 2024£85k£56k
- 2023£35k£34k
Earlier years
- 2022£39k£49k
- 2021£42k£30k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE IN OR NEAR THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF HANDSWORTH A DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND PURPOSES ANCILLARY THERETO.
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
- Ben Smolden since 2014
- Christopher Etheridge since 2023
- Hocine Idjer since 2013
- John Berry since 2017
- Peter Jones since 2015
- Prof Mohammad Shahabuddin since 2022
- Ravinder Kaur Minhas since 2024
- Sajid Yacoob since 2018
- Simon Farrell since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Ben Smolden since 2014
- Hocine Idjer since 2013
- John Berry since 2017
- Peter Jones since 2015
- Sajid Yacoob since 2018
- Simon Farrell since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Ben Smolden since 2014
- Hocine Idjer since 2013
- John Berry since 2017
- Peter Jones since 2015
- Prof Mohammad Shahabuddin since 2022
- Ravinder Kaur Minhas since 2024
- Sajid Yacoob since 2018
- Simon Farrell since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Christopher Etheridge since 2023
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.
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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
- 528952
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 21 MAR 1980AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 1994AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 18 APR 2001
- Contact on the register
- 0121 554 2794
- 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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