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Brentwood School CIO

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £44m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Essex
Website
www.brentwoodschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£44m£40m
  • 2024£45m£40m
  • 2023£43m£35m
Earlier years
  • 2022£37m£32m
  • 2021£34m£29m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN OR NEAR BRENTWOOD IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF A DAY OR DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY (IN SUCCESSION TO THE CHARITY KNOWN AS SIR ANTHONY BROWNE’S SCHOOL TRUST (NO: 310864)); (B) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY: (I) AWARDING TO BENEFICIARIES SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS, OR AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE TRUSTEES; (II) PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST BENEFICIARIES TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS) TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, AND TO PREPARE FOR OR ENTER A PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT

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.

16 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (16)

3
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 16Religious Activities 3Amateur Sport 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 15Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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£43.8m 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.

15.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 17.6 in 2021

438 from 326 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
1153605
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 30 AUG 2013AMENDED ON 02/01/2014
Contact on the register
01277243251 · HEADMASTER@BRENTWOOD.ESSEX.SCH.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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