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Registered charity · London

The Independent Schools' Bursars Association

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £3.9m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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 And Wales, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and more
Website
www.theisba.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Independent Schools' Bursars Association
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.9m£3.9m
  • 2023£3.4m£3.0m
  • 2022£2.7m£2.5m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.8m£2.2m
  • 2020£986k£1.8m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND ANCILLARY SERVICES AT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN SO FAR AS IT IS CHARITABLE TO DO SO.

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 11

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 18Other services 12Property 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.9m 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.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.0 in 2020

19 from 10 in 2020
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
1121757
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/10/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/05/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/05/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2017 as amended on 01 Oct 2022 as amended on 25 Jun 2025
Companies House
Company number 06410037 · Active
Contact on the register
01256330369 · office@theisba.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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