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Registered charity · Shrewsbury

The Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection in Education

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £266k (2025)
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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
Website
www.thoughtful.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection in Education
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£266k£374k
  • 2024£431k£444k
  • 2023£416k£413k
Earlier years
  • 2022£417k£360k
  • 2021£415k£463k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE YOUNG PERSONS UP TO THE AGE OF 16 YEARS, BY THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SKILLS IN LOGICAL THINKING AND OTHER PHILOSPHICAL TECHNIQUES SO THAT THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIVES ARE ENRICHED

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.

10 trustees on the board

2.3y median 1.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Professional services 9Education 8Hospitality 1

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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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£266k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
1144595
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 MAR 2024
Companies House
Company number 07821030 · Active
Contact on the register
01784906899 · enquiries@thoughtful.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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