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Registered charity · Hitchin

Hitchin British Schools Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £204k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Hitchin British Schools Trust
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£204k£206k
  • 2024£251k£167k
  • 2023£158k£154k
Earlier years
  • 2022£126k£103k
  • 2021£227k£121k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO PRESERVE A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT GROUP OF BUILDINGS IN HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, KNOWN AS THE BRITISH SCHOOLS(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF SCHOOLING BY:(A) PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE COLLECTION OF ARTEFACTS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHILDREN(B) PRESENTING THESE BUILDINGS AND COLLECTION AS A MUSEUM OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND CHILDHOOD(C) DELIVERING A LIVING EXPERIENCE OF HISTORIC SCHOOLDAYS TO ALL

Grants received

9 grants · £176,702 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Educational Opportunity Foundation £5002023-08-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £89,2002013-12-12
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,8002013-10-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,0592007-01-19
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £8,0592007-01-19
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.

7 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 7Professional services 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£204k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1010345
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 NOVEMBER 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 26 MARCH 1992, 2 NOVEMBER 2003, 6 NOVEMBER 2005 AND 10 MARCH 2008 as amended on 11 Mar 2017
Companies House
Company number 02576495 · Active
Contact on the register
01462429240 · admin@hitchinbritishschools.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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