Registered charity · Reading
Reading Blue Coat School
2.1 The Charity's objects are:2.1.1 the advancement of education by carrying on or managing schools for boys, girls and young people under the age of 25 years in which religious instruction in accordance with the teachings of the Church of England...
- 12 trustees
- Income £19m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew ColpusTrustee · since 2021
- Anjali ChandarTrustee · since 2023
- Clare FreemanTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Jo Anna Reed JohnsonTrustee · since 2025
- Helen RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Howard WilliamsTrustee · since 2018
- Karen HartshornTrustee · since 2024
- Kevin HallowellTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Michael RumbelowTrustee · since 2022
- Paul Michael David EtheringtonTrustee · since 2021
- Sheena TaylorTrustee · since 2023
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
- Reading
- Website
- www.rbcs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Reading Blue Coat School
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19m£18m
- 2024£18m£18m
- 2023£17m£16m
Earlier years
- 2022£16m£14m
- 2021£14m£13m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
2.1 The Charity's objects are:2.1.1 the advancement of education by carrying on or managing schools for boys, girls and young people under the age of 25 years in which religious instruction in accordance with the teachings of the Church of England shall be given;2.1.2 to apply income not required for the maintenance of the schools carried or managed by the Charity in any one or more of the following ways for the benefit of persons who have not yet attained the age of 25 years who are about to attend or are attending, or have for not less than three years at any time attended Reading Blue Coat School at Holme Park, Sonning on Thames, Berkshire RG4 6SU, referred to in these articles as ‘the School’ and who, in the opinion of the Governors are in need of financial assistance:2.1.2.1 the award of scholarships, bursaries or maintenance allowances tenable at the School, or any university, or other place of learning approved by the Governors;2.1.2.2 the provision of financial assistance, outfits, clothing, tools, instruments or books to help beneficiaries on leaving the School, a university or any other educational establishment to prepare for, or to enter, a profession, trade or calling;2.1.2.3 the award of scholarships or maintenance allowances to enable beneficiaries to travel abroad to pursue their education;2.1.2.4 the provision, or assistance towards the provision, of facilities for recreation and social and physical training, including the provision of coaching in athletics, sport and games, for beneficiaries; and2.1.2.5 the provision of financial assistance to enable beneficiaries to study music or other artsprovided that there shall be maintained in the School six scholarships, comprising total or partial remission of tuition, to persons found fit for admission to the School, all of whom shall be resident within 40 miles (in a straight line) of the School.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Andrew Colpus since 2021
- Anjali Chandar since 2023
- Clare Freeman since 2023
- Dr Jo Anna Reed Johnson since 2025
- Helen Roberts since 2023
- Howard Williams since 2018
- Karen Hartshorn since 2024
- Kevin Hallowell since 2025
- Matthew Smith since 2021
- Michael Rumbelow since 2022
- Paul Michael David Etherington since 2021
- Sheena Taylor since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Howard Williams since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Anjali Chandar since 2023
- Clare Freeman since 2023
- Dr Jo Anna Reed Johnson since 2025
- Helen Roberts since 2023
- Karen Hartshorn since 2024
- Kevin Hallowell since 2025
- Matthew Smith since 2021
- Michael Rumbelow since 2022
- Paul Michael David Etherington since 2021
- Sheena Taylor since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Andrew Colpus since 2021
- Howard Williams since 2018
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
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1087839
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 JUNE 2001 as amended on 27 Nov 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 04243510 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01189335808 · bursar@rbcs.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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