Registered charity · Abingdon
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a registered charity (number 1071298) based in Abingdon, governed by 16 trustees. Latest income £35m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 16 trustees
- Income £35m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Andrew Jonathan Peter NottTrustee · since 2026
- Benjamin RobertsonTrustee · since 2024
- Charles Robert LoweTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Kate WheelerTrustee · since 2019
- Felicity Mary RutlandTrustee · since 2024
- Harriet Margaret Corlett WoollardTrustee · since 2019
- Henrietta Katharine Priscilla GoodallTrustee · since 2024
- Henry Charles ScarlettTrustee · since 2023
- James Alan SporleTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Gregory BeerTrustee · since 2022
- Michael Neil FarwellTrustee · since 2019
- Peter Heron DicksonTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Nicholas John KrugerTrustee · since 2024
- Steven John SensecallTrustee · since 2019
- Thomas GarnierTrustee · since 2025
- Valerie Margaret Elizabeth LaingTrustee · since 2026
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
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.abingdon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Abingdon Schools Group
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35m£34m
- 2024£35m£34m
- 2023£34m£34m
Earlier years
- 2022£32m£30m
- 2021£29m£27m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(I) TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE NOT OLDER THAN THE AGE OF NINETEEN YEARS AT ABINGDON SCHOOL OR SUCH OTHER SCHOOL AS THE GOVERNORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND (II) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUPILS OF ABINGDON SCHOOL AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LIFE OF SAID INHABITANTS.
Grants received
14 grants · £416,400 total360Giving 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
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £405,000 (6 grants)
- The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £10,000
- Mercers' School Memorial Trust (Incorporating the Merrett Bequest) · £1,400 (7 grants)
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Andrew Jonathan Peter Nott since 2026
- Benjamin Robertson since 2024
- Charles Robert Lowe since 2023
- Dr Kate Wheeler since 2019
- Felicity Mary Rutland since 2024
- Harriet Margaret Corlett Woollard since 2019
- Henrietta Katharine Priscilla Goodall since 2024
- Henry Charles Scarlett since 2023
- James Alan Sporle since 2025
- Mark Gregory Beer since 2022
- Michael Neil Farwell since 2019
- Peter Heron Dickson since 2026
- Professor Nicholas John Kruger since 2024
- Steven John Sensecall since 2019
- Thomas Garnier since 2025
- Valerie Margaret Elizabeth Laing since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Kate Wheeler since 2019
- Harriet Margaret Corlett Woollard since 2019
- Michael Neil Farwell since 2019
- Steven John Sensecall since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Benjamin Robertson since 2024
- Dr Kate Wheeler since 2019
- Felicity Mary Rutland since 2024
- Harriet Margaret Corlett Woollard since 2019
- Henrietta Katharine Priscilla Goodall since 2024
- Henry Charles Scarlett since 2023
- James Alan Sporle since 2025
- Professor Nicholas John Kruger since 2024
- Steven John Sensecall since 2019
- Thomas Garnier since 2025
- Valerie Margaret Elizabeth Laing since 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Andrew Jonathan Peter Nott since 2026
- Charles Robert Lowe since 2023
- Mark Gregory Beer since 2022
- Michael Neil Farwell since 2019
- Peter Heron Dickson since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
18.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 21.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1071298
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED 14 MARCH 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 JAN 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 03625063 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01235521563 · common.room@abingdon.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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