The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Wellington School 1837

Registered charity 1161447 Registered since 2015

Operates: Somerset

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.9y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/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 15Professional services 3Manufacturing 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£18.3m 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.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.4 in 2021

267 from 254 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.

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.wellington-school.org.uk
Emailbursar@wellington-school.org.uk
Phone01823668806
AddressWELLINGTON SCHOOL, SOUTH STREET, WELLINGTON, TA21 8NT

Finances

£18,292,360 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,344,637£12,955,943
2022£15,661,314£15,402,367
2023£17,320,693£17,068,545
2024£19,354,692£18,390,067
2025£18,292,360£18,527,095

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT, IN OR NEAR WELLINGTON, OF A DAY OR DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 NOV 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16/04/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/09/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 MAR 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 JUN 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 SEP 2018 as amended on 22 Aug 2018 as amended on 21 Jun 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
57median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wellington School 1837 · 09316033 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/11/2014

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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