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Priors Court Foundation

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £26m (2025)

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, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.priorscourt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Prior's Court Foundation
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£26m£25m
  • 2024£23m£22m
  • 2023£20m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£20m
  • 2021£22m£21m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 98% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, WELFARE AND RELIEF OF PEOPLE (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS) WHO SUFFER FROM ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. - LEARNING DISABILITIES; OR 2. - PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; OR 3. - PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS; AND 4. - SOCIAL OR COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES OR DISORDERS WHICH ARE RELATED TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM 5. IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY: 3.1.1 PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING EDUCATION, TRAINING, OCCUPATION AND LEISURE FACILITIES (INCLUDING SPORT, ART AND MUSIC FACILITIES) FOR SUCH PERSONS; 3.1.2 PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING CARE AND ACCOMMODATION AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT ONLY) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FOR SUCH PERSONS; 3.1.3 PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES OF SUCH PERSONS AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES; 3.1.4 PROVIDING ADVISORY SERVICES AND CONSULTING FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES; 3.1.5 UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND/OR PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS.

Grants received

8 grants · £248,469 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

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8Amateur Sport 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Education 15Business services 6Property 5

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£25.6m 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.

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

444 from 484 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.
98%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1070227
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 12 JUNE 1998 AS AMENDED ON 25 NOVEMBER 1998 AND 30 MARCH 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 OCT 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 OCT 2016
Companies House
Company number 03583324 · Active
Contact on the register
01635 247202 · mail@priorscourt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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