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Registered charity · London

The Sparrow Schools Foundation

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £121k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.sparrowschools.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£121k£82k
  • 2024£105k£90k
  • 2023£116k£104k
Earlier years
  • 2022£100k£86k
  • 2021£91k£108k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN IN ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SPARROW EDUCATIONAL TRUST ("SPARROW"), A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION ESTABLISHED IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND OF ANY ORGANISATION IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR AIMS AS SPARROW; AND (B) PROMOTING AND ASSISTING IN THE ORGANISATION OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE STAFF AND PUPILS OF SCHOOLS RUN BY SPARROW (OR BY ORGANISATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR AIMS) ("SPARROW SCHOOLS") AND THE STAFF AND PUPILS OF ENGLISH SCHOOLS AND VICE VERSA.

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.

11 trustees on the board

9.6y median 8.5y
average tenure
26y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 11Overseas Aid/famine Relief 11Amateur Sport 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 9Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 1

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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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£105k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1082286
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 29 AUGUST 2000, AMENDED BY DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 3 JULY 2006.
Contact on the register
02086703217 · trustees@sparrowschools.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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