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The Wellington School Foundation

3. OBJECTS3.1. The objects of the Charity are:3.1.1. to promote the charitable work of Wellington School 1837 (being a company registered with Companies House for England and Wales under number 09316033, and registered with the Charity Commission...

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £320k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Somerset
Website
www.wellington-school.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Wellington School Foundation
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£320k£243k
  • 2024£185k£165k
  • 2023£308k£181k
Earlier years
  • 2022£187k£119k
  • 2021£174k£160k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTS3.1. The objects of the Charity are:3.1.1. to promote the charitable work of Wellington School 1837 (being a company registered with Companies House for England and Wales under number 09316033, and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under number 1161447);3.1.2. to further the education and the advancement in life of present and past pupils of Wellington School through the provision of scholarships, bursaries and grants, and such other means as the Trustees shall consider appropriate from time to time;3.1.3. to preserve for the benefit of the public the school Chapel and such other parts of the school site as are worthy of preservation in view of their historical, architectural or environmental significance;3.1.4. to promote the education principally but not exclusively of persons resident or working in Wellington and its environs through the provision of teaching and the facilities for learning and in such other ways and on such terms as the Trustees shall consider appropriate;3.1.5. to promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of persons resident or working in Wellington and its environs by the provision of instruction and facilities for the same on such terms as the Trustees shall consider appropriate; and3.1.6. to further such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall from time to time decide;(the “Objects”).3.2. This Article 3 may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission.

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

8.6y median 9y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
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 5Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 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 8Professional services 2Tech and media 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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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£320k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1105256
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/06/2007 as amended on 25 Jun 2021 as amended on 23 Jul 2021
Companies House
Company number 05176879 · Active
Contact on the register
01823668806 · bursar@wellington-school.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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