The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Blundell's School

Registered charity 1081249 Registered since 2000

Operates: Devon

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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.

16 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (6)

16
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 15General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 2Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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 20Professional services 12Finance 4

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£19.5m 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.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.0 in 2021

390 from 366 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.blundells.org
Emails.coryton@blundells.org
Phone01884 232309
AddressBlundells School, Bursars Office, Blundells Road, Tiverton, EX16 4DT

Finances

£19,536,096 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£16,020,839£15,807,243
2022£17,264,736£16,707,979
2023£18,593,461£18,226,745
2024£20,387,581£20,126,796
2025£19,536,096£19,941,853

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL KNOWN AS BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL, AND/OR SUCH OTHER SCHOOLS, AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AS THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS SHALL DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/06/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/01/2013 as amended on 25 Nov 2022 as amended on 28 Nov 2025

Trustees (16)

16trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Blundell's School · 04016403 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/06/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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