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Registered charity · Gloucestershire

Novalis Trust

Novalis Trust is a registered charity (number 1103955) based in Gloucestershire, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £15m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £15m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability
Where
Gloucestershire
Website
www.novalis-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Novalis Trust
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15m£15m
  • 2024£14m£15m
  • 2023£14m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£13m£12m
  • 2021£12m£12m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 99%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PURSUE SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND CARE AND TO CONDUCT SUCH RESIDENTIAL AND DAY SETTINGS AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER NECESSARY FOR THE EDUCATION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE WITH COMPLEX EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES AND SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS.

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

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 5

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 4

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.

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£15.3m latest income
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.

16.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 19.0 in 2021

318 from 290 in 2021
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
1103955
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 MAY 2016
Companies House
Company number 05114710 · Active
Contact on the register
01453837551 · info@novalis-trust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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