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Registered charity · Thatcham

Downe House School

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £30m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
West Berkshire, France
Website
www.downehouse.net (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Downe House School
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£30m£29m
  • 2024£27m£27m
  • 2023£24m£25m
Earlier years
  • 2022£23m£23m
  • 2021£21m£21m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING TO CONDUCT ACQUIRE AND CARRY ON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ANY PART OF THE WORLD ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EITHER SEX OR BOTH SEXES IN ALL DISCIPLINES AND FIELDS OF STUDY.

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.

10 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Religious Activities 2

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

Business services 10Education 9Professional services 7

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£29.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

466 from 285 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1015059
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/08/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/10/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/07/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/2012
Companies House
Company number 02645228 · Active
Contact on the register
01635200286 · correspondence@downehouse.net
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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