# SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 528415
- **Other names:** THE FRIENDS OF SHREWSBURY SCHOOL, THE SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 31, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=528415


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SCHOOLS, SHREWSBURY
- **Postcode:** SY3 7BA
- **Phone:** 01743 280890
- **Email:** foundation@shrewsbury.org.uk
- **Website:** www.shrewsbury.org.uk/page/foundation



## Activities

**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

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £1337692 | £1167499 | £6893372 | 3 |
| July 31, 2023 | £1415017 | £1116855 | £6328374 | 3 |
| July 31, 2022 | £1397510 | £974472 | £6114618 | 0 |
| July 31, 2021 | £959331 | £940962 | £5895495 | 3 |
| July 31, 2020 | £1005179 | £1621417 | £5432317 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **James Pitt** (Chair) — appointed June 14, 2018
- CHRISTOPHER EDWARD LESILE WILLIAMS — appointed Nov. 20, 2024
- Dominic Perks — appointed June 10, 2020
- Dr Stephen Grant Charlesworth-Jones — appointed Sept. 28, 2022
- Eleanor May Parfitt Gurden — appointed June 10, 2020
- James Edward Michael Cross QC — appointed Nov. 2, 2011
- Michael Clifford Kerr BA, ACMA — appointed Sept. 24, 2009
- Mr J Dickson — appointed May 19, 2017
- Mr JCR Arthur — appointed Nov. 20, 2014
- Philip-Moritz Russmeyer — appointed Nov. 29, 2023