Registered charity · West Yorkshire
Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School
- 9 trustees
- Income £47k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charles Martin Benedict CrossleyChair
- Alexandra Julia CrossleyTrustee
- Anne CrossleyTrustee · since 2013
- Charles Christopher HodgsonTrustee
- Dr Steven ClapcoteTrustee · since 2012
- John Francis Brearley FordTrustee · since 2014
- Peter Mortimer CrossleyTrustee
- Stephen Baines MBETrustee · since 2014
- Stephen John EggletonTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Calderdale
- Registered
- 1961
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£47k£42k
- 2024£48k£43k
- 2023£43k£45k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£58k
- 2021£39k£50k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR SUCH PERIOD AS THE PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CHARITY FORMERLY USED AS A VOLUNTARY SCHOOL WITHIN THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944-1986 (“THE PROPERTY”) SHALL BE USED AND OCCUPIED AS AN ACADEMY PURSUANT TO THE ACADEMIES ACT 2010 THE PROPERTY SHALL BE APPROPRIATED AND USED AS SUCH AN ACADEMY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CROSSLEY HEATH ACADEMY (OR BY SUCH OTHER NAME AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH ACADEMY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE)5 (1) (A) AS TO SUCH SUM AS THE TRUSTEE MAY DETERMINE NOT EXCEEDING •24,000 OR ONE FIFTH OF SUCH INCOME (WHICHEVER IS THE GREATER), OR SUCH OTHER SUM AS THE CHARITY COMMISSION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE, IN PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR THE CROSSLEY HEATH ACADEMY AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AGREED BETWEEN THE TRUSTEE AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE SCHOOL; (1) (B) AS TO SUCH SUM AS THE TRUSTEE MAY DETERMINE NOT EXCEEDING •16,000 OR THREE TENTHS OF SUCH INCOME (WHICHEVER IS THE GREATER), OR SUCH OTHER SUM AS THE CHARITY COMMISSION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE, IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO OR WHOSE PARENTS ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF CALDERDALE OR WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME ATTENDED AS A PUPIL AT ANY SCHOOL OR FORMER SCHOOL OF THE CHARITY AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING -(I) IN AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE TRUSTEE;(II) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, OR TO PREPARE FOR OR ENTER A PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.(1) (C) AS TO THE RESIDUE OF SUCH INCOME, FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE LOST EITHER BOTH PARENTS OR ONE PARENT, OR WHOSE PARENTS ARE LIVING TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY APART, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER COUNTY OF YORK, IN ONE OR BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:(I) IN RELIEVING SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS;(II) IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF SUCH PERSONS.
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
- Charles Martin Benedict Crossley Chair
- Alexandra Julia Crossley
- Anne Crossley since 2013
- Charles Christopher Hodgson
- Dr Steven Clapcote since 2012
- John Francis Brearley Ford since 2014
- Peter Mortimer Crossley
- Stephen John Eggleton since 2015
- Stephen Baines MBE since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Crossley since 2013
- Dr Steven Clapcote since 2012
- John Francis Brearley Ford since 2014
- Stephen John Eggleton since 2015
- Stephen Baines MBE since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Charles Martin Benedict Crossley Chair
- Alexandra Julia Crossley
- Anne Crossley since 2013
- Dr Steven Clapcote since 2012
- John Francis Brearley Ford since 2014
- Peter Mortimer Crossley
- Stephen John Eggleton since 2015
- Stephen Baines MBE since 2014
Portfolio (1)
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
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 529165
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 30 JANUARY 1968, ROYAL CHARTERS DATED 11 SEPTEMBER 1868 AND 30 JANUARY 1887 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF 20 DECEMBER 1918, 29 DECEMBER 1960 AND 20 JUNE 1988 AND BY A LETTER OF THE COMMISSION DATED 30 APRIL 1992 AS AMENDED BY TRUST MODIFICATION ORDER 19/12/2012
- Contact on the register
- 07841377410 · will@hodgsonhey.co.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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