Registered charity · Thatcham
The Thatcham (OLD Bluecoat School) Charity
- 8 trustees
- Income £15k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Keith Charles Osborne Benjamin.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Berkshire
- Website
- www.oldbluecoatschool.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Thatcham (OLD Bluecoat School) Charity
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15k£12k
- 2024£11k£10k
- 2023£25k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£11k
- 2021£22k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THATCHAM AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THATCHAM IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING, AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST AND IN PARTICULAR THE OLD BLUECOAT SCHOOL, THATCHAM (ALSO KNOWN AS ST THOMAS'S CHAPEL) (2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THATCHAM AND ADJOINING PARISHES TO MAKE THE OLD BLUECOAT SCHOOL AVAILABLE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE LEISURE AND RECREATION FACILITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- BOB Dewey
- Jeremy Richard Cottam since 2019
- Keith Charles Osborne Benjamin since 2018
- MR C B Heslop
- Mark Richard Thomas since 2014
- Nathan Gregory since 2017
- Nicholas Andrew Symes since 2022
- Sheila Margaret Ellison
Trustees past 6 years
- Jeremy Richard Cottam since 2019
- Keith Charles Osborne Benjamin since 2018
- Mark Richard Thomas since 2014
- Nathan Gregory since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- BOB Dewey
- Jeremy Richard Cottam since 2019
- MR C B Heslop
- Mark Richard Thomas since 2014
- Nathan Gregory since 2017
- Nicholas Andrew Symes since 2022
- Sheila Margaret Ellison
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106343
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2003
- Companies House
- Company number 05229774 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07570097332 · enquiries.bluecoatschool@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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