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Registered charity · Canterbury

The Abdo College of Education

The Abdo College of Education is a registered charity (number 1087337) based in Canterbury, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £3.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Abdo College, The Abdo College (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2025)
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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.abdocollege.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Abdo College of Education
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.2m£3.4m
  • 2024£2.8m£2.6m
  • 2023£2.9m£2.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.3m£2.2m
  • 2021£2.1m£2.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 28%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF OPTICS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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.

5 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 5Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 7Retail and trade 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

8.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020

22 from 32 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1087337
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 OCTOBER 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 12 JUNE 2001 AND AS AMENDED 18 NOVEMBER 2004
Companies House
Company number 04086997 · Active
Contact on the register
01227733901 · tpavan@abdo.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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