Registered charity · Taunton
Taunton School Educational Charity
- 15 trustees
- Income £31m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark AndersonChair · since 2023
- David Hugh HebditchTrustee · since 2017
- Dinah CloseTrustee · since 2023
- Elias Musa MazzawiTrustee · since 2025
- Grant PasseyTrustee · since 2026
- Julian Peter WhiteleyTrustee · since 2022
- Matthew Mervyn PykeTrustee · since 2023
- Philip Michael Cooper BahonsmscTrustee · since 2014
- REV Nigel Carl MangesTrustee · since 2016
- Richard KennedyTrustee
- Robert Charles AldrichTrustee · since 2016
- Sheila Majella WheelerTrustee · since 2020
- Shirlene AdamTrustee · since 2024
- Shirley ShaylerTrustee · since 2024
- Tracey Anne HazellTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.tauntonschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Taunton School Educational Charity
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£31m£30m
- 2024£31m£31m
- 2023£29m£28m
Earlier years
- 2022£25m£24m
- 2021£21m£21m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL OR SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE GOVERNORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT:3.1.1. IN ADMITTING PUPILS TO THE SCHOOL, THE GOVERNORS MUST EXERCISE (ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL) A PREFERENCE IN FAVOUR OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MEMBERS OF THE FREE CHURCHES; AND3.1.2. IN CARRYING OUT ITS OBJECTS, THE CHARITY SHALL UPHOLD THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE SCHOOL WHICH ARE ROOTED IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND RECOGNISE THE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS OF ITS FREE CHURCH FOUNDATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE QUEST FOR FAITH, AND RESPECT FOR ALL RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Mark Anderson Chair since 2023
- David Hugh Hebditch since 2017
- Dinah Close since 2023
- Elias Musa Mazzawi since 2025
- Grant Passey since 2026
- Julian Peter Whiteley since 2022
- Matthew Mervyn Pyke since 2023
- Philip Michael Cooper Bahonsmsc since 2014
- REV Nigel Carl Manges since 2016
- Richard Kennedy
- Robert Charles Aldrich since 2016
- Sheila Majella Wheeler since 2020
- Shirlene Adam since 2024
- Shirley Shayler since 2024
- Tracey Anne Hazell since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Hugh Hebditch since 2017
- Philip Michael Cooper Bahonsmsc since 2014
- REV Nigel Carl Manges since 2016
- Robert Charles Aldrich since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Mark Anderson Chair since 2023
- David Hugh Hebditch since 2017
- Dinah Close since 2023
- Elias Musa Mazzawi since 2025
- Grant Passey since 2026
- Julian Peter Whiteley since 2022
- Matthew Mervyn Pyke since 2023
- Philip Michael Cooper Bahonsmsc since 2014
- Richard Kennedy
- Robert Charles Aldrich since 2016
- Sheila Majella Wheeler since 2020
- Shirlene Adam since 2024
- Shirley Shayler since 2024
- Tracey Anne Hazell since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- REV Nigel Carl Manges since 2016
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
7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1081420
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 JUN 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 JUL 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 MAR 2016 as amended on 04 Dec 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 04005803 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01823703602 · jenny.agnew@tauntonschool.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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