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Registered charity · Northwood

Merchant Taylors School

Merchant Taylors School is a registered charity (number 1063740) based in Northwood, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Andrew Martin Cree since 2020. Latest income £32m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £32m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.mtsn.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Merchant Taylors' School
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£32m£30m
  • 2024£31m£29m
  • 2023£29m£27m
Earlier years
  • 2022£27m£25m
  • 2021£26m£23m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE A BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR YOUNG PERSONS

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.

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

12
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 12

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

Finance 18Education 15Property 8

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£31.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

19.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 20.0 in 2021

398 from 363 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
1063740
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/2014 as amended on 28 Jun 2018 as amended on 12 Jun 2024
Companies House
Company number 03411540 · Active
Contact on the register
01923820644 · info@mtsn.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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