Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School

UID 2063·Companies House 07728029·Incorporated August 2011

Schools

1

Flags

1

Total income

£9.0m

1,313 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.0%

of income

Avg reserves

3.0%

of income

Avg absence

6.2%

Persistent: 12.0%

More metrics

Avg FSM

13.1%

free school meals

Capacity

103%

1,313 / 1,280 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 3.0%below 5% threshold1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

50.7

+4.5

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

Companies House07728029
Incorporated3 August 2011

Trust growth over time

1
10/11
1
11/12
1
12/13
1
13/14
1
14/15
1
15/16
1
16/17
1
17/18
1
18/19
1
19/20
1
20/21
1
21/22
1
22/23
1
23/24
1
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2211,304£8.0m£7.6m73.6%-2.2%
2022/2311,272£8.5m£8.1m72.3%1.9%
2023/2411,313£9.0m£8.7m73.0%3.0%
2024/25partial11,293

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£0

CS staff costs

£0

CS income

£0

Admin & clerical£0
Teaching staff£0
ICT£0
Premises£0
Legal & professional£0
Auditor costs£0

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

11 current directors · Average tenure: 8.1 years

Directors / Trustees (11)

Donald William Young

director·3 years

Emma Victoria Barker

director·3 years

Denise Taylor

director·3 years

Jo Roberts

director·4 years

David Fr Arnold

director·4 years

John Leaver

director·6 years

Alex Nicholas John Cran

director·8 years

Catherine Anne Wightman

director·12 years

Richard Jones

director·12 years

Linda Hargreaves

director·14 years

Helen Fiona Davies

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Stacey Eckersley

secretary·2 years
39 former officers most recent departure: Dec 2024

Trevor Martyn Smith

director·2 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Kristine Jade Hodgkinson

director·3 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Richard Berry

secretary·3 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Michael Gregory Coop-rushworth

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Christopher Graham Father Holden

director·6 years·Resigned Jan 2021

Hilary Dicken

secretary·6 years·Resigned May 2022

Leslie Mercer-smith

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Kathryn Baron

director·7 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Ian Peter The Revd Enticott

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2020

David Andrew Rogan

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Paul Stinchon

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Stephen Lawrence Whittaker

director·10 years·Resigned Jun 2015

John Stuart Father Holland

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Denise Taylor

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Rachel Mcclure

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Rachel White

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Vicky Howard

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Simon O'carroll

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Kirsty Jones

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Barbara Elizabeth Graham

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Peter Jones

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Andrew Mcminn

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Alasdair David Coates

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2013

Peter Morgan

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2013

Clare Carter

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2021

Lawrence William Father Carson-featham

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Donna Bentley

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2019

David Anderson

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Judith Tomlinson

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2014

Ian Reverend Watts

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Frank Whitehead

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Pamela Jane Haralambos

secretary·14 years·Resigned Jun 2020

Helen Harker

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2021

Catherine Anne Wightman

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Kath Heathcote

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Kath Dutton

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

David Crossland

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Richard Hoyle

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Martyn Isherwood

director·14 years·Resigned May 2015

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity