Registered charity · Wimborne

The Friends of Canford School

10 trustees
Income £13k (2025)

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: Poole
Website: www.canford.com/Friends-of-Canford (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The Friends of Canford School
Registered: 2016

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£13k£17k
2024£20k£17k
2023£18k£17k

Earlier years

2022£14k£10k
2021£8k£13k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY AFFORDING ASSISTANCE TO CANFORD SCHOOL ('THE SCHOOL') AND TO PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL AND FURTHER FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION AFTER LEAVING THE SCHOOL.

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

5.7y median 3y

average tenure

17y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

Rowena Julie Gaston since 2022

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 10

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 19Arts and leisure 3Business services 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£13k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1165196
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/11/1943AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/08/2015
Companies House: Company number 00383983 · Active
Contact on the register: 01202841254 · development@canford.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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