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Registered charity · Brighouse

The Smith Foundation

The Smith Foundation is a registered charity (number 529132) based in Brighouse, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £13m (2025)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: William Henry Smith Foundation.

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
Throughout England
Website
www.whsschool.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£12m
  • 2024£11m£10m
  • 2023£9.7m£9.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.3m£7.5m
  • 2021£7.0m£6.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 95% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT IN NO WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF A SPECIAL SCHOOL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS;(B) TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE WHO HAVE OR HAVE HAD SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, WITH PREFERENCE FOR PUPILS AND FORMER PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL OF THE CHARITY

Board analysis

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£13.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.8 in 2021

229 from 151 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.
99%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
529132
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 04 AUG 1998AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 20 JUN 2000AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 05 JUL 2011AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 02 FEB 2023AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 30 SEP 2025
Contact on the register
01484710123 · secretaryoftrust@whsschool.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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