Registered charity · Hertfordshire
ST Albans School
The object for which the Charity is established is to advance education and training by the provision and operation of a school or schools in and around Hertfordshire.
- 11 trustees
- Income £24m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Neil Frank OsbornChair · since 2021
- Alastair WoodgateTrustee
- Anna PhilpottTrustee · since 2021
- Benjamin Charles WalkerTrustee · since 2023
- Carole Pomfret MA ACATrustee · since 2018
- Cheryl Joanne MillingtonTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher Miles OglethorpeTrustee · since 2021
- Frances Elizabeth LightowlerTrustee · since 2021
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- Guy Rory SandersonTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew William Southworth CawthorneTrustee · since 2018
- Nigel MooreTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- The ST Albans School Development Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of ST. Francis Church (1994) · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.st-albans.herts.sch.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- ST Albans School
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24m£22m
- 2024£23m£21m
- 2023£22m£20m
Earlier years
- 2022£19m£18m
- 2021£18m£16m
Charitable objects
The object for which the Charity is established is to advance education and training by the provision and operation of a school or schools in and around Hertfordshire.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Neil Frank Osborn Chair since 2021
- Alastair Woodgate
- Anna Philpott since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Walker since 2023
- Carole Pomfret MA ACA since 2018
- Cheryl Joanne Millington since 2022
- Christopher Miles Oglethorpe since 2021
- Frances Elizabeth Lightowler since 2021
- Guy Rory Sanderson since 2025
- Matthew William Southworth Cawthorne since 2018
- Nigel Moore since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Carole Pomfret MA ACA since 2018
- Matthew William Southworth Cawthorne since 2018
- Nigel Moore since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Neil Frank Osborn Chair since 2021
- Anna Philpott since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Walker since 2023
- Carole Pomfret MA ACA since 2018
- Cheryl Joanne Millington since 2022
- Christopher Miles Oglethorpe since 2021
- Frances Elizabeth Lightowler since 2021
- Guy Rory Sanderson since 2025
- Matthew William Southworth Cawthorne since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Alastair Woodgate
- Nigel Moore 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1092932
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 MAR 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 OCT 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 JUL 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 DEC 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 APR 2021 as amended on 01 Jul 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 04400125 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01727515149 · bursar@st-albans.herts.sch.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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