The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Orchard Hill College

Registered charity 1144922 Registered since 2011

Operates: Hillingdon, Kingston Upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

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 8General Charitable Purposes 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 28Professional services 16Business services 8

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£22.0m 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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.6 in 2021

284 from 259 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.
97%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.orchardhill.ac.uk
Emailenquiries@ohcat.org
Phone0345 402 0453
AddressOrchard Hill College, Copthall House, Grove Road, SUTTON, Surrey, SM1 1DA

Finances

£22,036,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£17,901,870£16,975,827
2022£17,705,000£19,682,000
2023£17,374,000£18,493,000
2024£19,334,000£19,090,000
2025£22,036,000£21,444,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

3.1 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TRAINING, VOCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: 3.1.1 PROMOTING AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION, TRAINING , VOCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY FOR LEARNERS WITH COMPLEX/ PROFOUND/ SEVERE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM SUCH OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTING PRACTITIONERS WHO WORK WITH SUCH LEARNERS; 3.1.2 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK PLACEMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, PARTICULARLY FOR LEARNERS WITH COMPLEX/PROFOUND/SEVERE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN EQUITABLY REPRESENTED IN SUCH OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTING PRACTITIONERS WHO WORK WITH SUCH LEARNERS; 3.1.3 RECOGNISING PROGRESS IN ALL FORMS; PROMOTING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF RESOURCES, PROVISION, ORGANISATIONS AND SYSTEMS; AND 3.1.4 ANY OTHER ACTIVITY IN ITS OWN WORK OR WORK WITH OTHERS NOT COVERED BY SECTIONS 4.1.1 TO 4.1.3 WHICH, IN THE VIEW OF THE DIRECTORS, GOVERNING BOARD AND TRUSTEES DIRECTLY ENHANCES THE CHARITY’S ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/03/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/01/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/07/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/03/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 NOV 2015

Trustees (8)

8trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Orchard Hill College · 07586715 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/03/2011

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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