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Registered charity · Saffron Walden

The Independent Schools Association

  • 27 trustees
  • Income £1.9m (2025)
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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
Russia, Egypt, Ireland, United Arab Emirates and more
Website
www.isaschools.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Independent Schools Association
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.9m£1.9m
  • 2024£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2023£1.6m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.4m
  • 2021£1.1m£902k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY FOSTERING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF FELLOWSHIP AND CO-OPERATION AMONG MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES AND AFFILIATES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THROUGH CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER BODIES WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS.

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.

2.7y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (23)

Portfolio (4)

22
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 27Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 39Other services 5Business services 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.9m 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.

11.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.5 in 2021

23 from 21 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
1158943
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/11/1895AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/05/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/10/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/10/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 DEC 2016NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MAY 2023
Companies House
Company number 00045867 · Active
Contact on the register
01799523619 · isa@isaschools.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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