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Registered charity · London

Confederation of School Trusts

Confederation of School Trusts is a registered charity (number 1107640) based in London, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Sir Mufti Hamid Patel CBE since 2019. Latest income £3.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Fasna (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £3.7m (2025)
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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
Throughout England
Website
www.cstuk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Confederation of School Trusts
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.7m£3.6m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.2m
  • 2023£2.3m£2.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.1m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.3m£1.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government contracts 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

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.

5.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

9
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 12General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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 26Property 6Professional services 5

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£3.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.1 in 2021

39 from 10 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
1107640
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 DEC 2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 APR 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19 MAR 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 MAR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 MAR 2017AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24 AUG 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAR 2019 as amended on 21 May 2026
Companies House
Company number 05303883 · Active
Contact on the register
0115 9170142 · cooadmin@cstuk.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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