# SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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 &#x27;Great&#x27; 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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Shropshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **James Pitt** | Chair | June 14, 2018 |
| CHRISTOPHER EDWARD LESILE WILLIAMS |  | Nov. 20, 2024 |
| Dominic Perks |  | June 10, 2020 |
| Eleanor May Parfitt Gurden |  | June 10, 2020 |
| James Edward Michael Cross KC |  | Nov. 2, 2011 |
| Michael Clifford Kerr BA, ACMA |  | Sept. 24, 2009 |
| Mr J Dickson |  | May 19, 2017 |
| Mr JCR Arthur |  | Nov. 20, 2014 |
| Philip-Moritz Russmeyer |  | Nov. 29, 2023 |




