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King's School, Bruton

Registered charity 1071997 Registered since 1998

Operates: Somerset

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 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 10Finance 6Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£17.7m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.5 in 2021

303 from 347 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.kingsbruton.com
Emailbursar@kingsbruton.com
Phone01749 814200
AddressKINGS SCHOOL, PLOX, BRUTON, BA10 0ED

Finances

£17,664,809 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,975,683£13,089,137
2022£24,134,548£17,480,221
2023£16,727,810£17,595,106
2024£18,400,396£17,713,093
2025£17,664,809£17,527,191

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN INDEPENDENT DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL KNOWN AS KING'S SCHOOL, BRUTON OR SUCH OTHER SCHOOL AS THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS SHALL DETERMINE AND TO MAINTAIN ITS TRADITION OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/01/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/06/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/09/2003NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 02/09/2012 as amended on 14 Jul 2026

Trustees (12)

12trustees
68median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

King's School, Bruton · 03304693 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/01/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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