Registered charity · Wells
The Wells Cathedral School Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £240k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher Shaun Tudor SeatonChair
- Alan DurrantTrustee · since 2019
- Alastair Geoffrey TigheTrustee · since 2018
- Charlotte Ann SheafTrustee · since 2024
- David Alfred John Brown OBETrustee · since 2015
- Massimilano CostantiniTrustee · since 2013
- Melissa PotterTrustee · since 2024
- Philip Robert Lemanski FCA MATrustee
- Timothy William Hunt LewisTrustee
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
- Somerset
- Website
- www.wellsfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Wells Cathedral School Foundation
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£240k£168k
- 2024£225k£220k
- 2023£228k£108k
Earlier years
- 2022£158k£129k
- 2021£269k£145k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL WHICH IS REGISTERED AS A CHARITY NUMBER 310212 (THE 'SCHOOL') FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE ORGANISATION CONNECTED WITH OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL, AND SUCH OTHER SCHOOL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO ASSIST IN:A THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL;B RAISING MONEY FOR AWARDS TO PUPILS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL INCLUDING PUPILS WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE;C THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Shaun Tudor Seaton Chair
- Alan Durrant since 2019
- Alastair Geoffrey Tighe since 2018
- Charlotte Ann Sheaf since 2024
- David Alfred John Brown OBE since 2015
- Massimilano Costantini since 2013
- Melissa Potter since 2024
- Philip Robert Lemanski FCA MA
- Timothy William Hunt Lewis
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Durrant since 2019
- Alastair Geoffrey Tighe since 2018
- David Alfred John Brown OBE since 2015
- Massimilano Costantini since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher Shaun Tudor Seaton Chair
- Alan Durrant since 2019
- Alastair Geoffrey Tighe since 2018
- Charlotte Ann Sheaf since 2024
- David Alfred John Brown OBE since 2015
- Massimilano Costantini since 2013
- Melissa Potter since 2024
- Philip Robert Lemanski FCA MA
Portfolio (1)
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1118159
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 20 DECEMBER 2006 AND 2 FEBRUARY 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 02804495 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01749834282
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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