SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 528415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF SHREWSBURY SCHOOL, THE SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Shrewsbury School: founded by Royal Charter in 1552; one of the 'Great' public schools in the 1868 Clarendon Commission. The Shrewsbury School Foundation: established in 1965; thought to be the first charitable foundation associated with a British Independent School. It exists to create, support and enhance the provisions of Shrewsbury School, including its commitment to means tested bursaries.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided text is limited to the final pages of the Independent Auditor's Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee narratives, or operational data required to assess financial health. Consequently, no facts regarding reserves, income, expenditure, or liquidity are available for analysis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Leo Winkley — Headmaster (source)
• Kevin Brennan — Senior Deputy Head (source)
• Henry Exham — Assistant Deputy Head (source)
• Will Hughes — Director of Cricket (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation — “We work closely with the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation, one of the leading social mobility charities.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Pittchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER EDWARD LESILE WILLIAMS
• Dominic Perks
• Eleanor May Parfitt Gurden
• James Edward Michael Cross KC
• Michael Clifford Kerr BA, ACMA
• Mr J Dickson
• Mr JCR Arthur
• Philip-Moritz Russmeyer

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL INDEPENDENCE APPEALS FUND income £390k
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• THE SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
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Side by side with its peers

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