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The Friends of Wellington School, Somerset, CIO

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £22k (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
Throughout England
Website
www.wellington-school.org.uk/Senior-School/Information/FOWS.aspx (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£22k£11k
  • 2024£19k£18k
  • 2023£23k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£12k
  • 2021£4k£37k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUPILS OF WELLINGTON SCHOOL, SOMERSET (THE 'SCHOOL'), FOR SUCH GENERAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AT THE SCHOOL AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL APPROVE BY: 1) THE PURCHASE OF FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD LAND. 2)THE ERECTION, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY NEW OR EXISTING BUILDING OR THE LAYING OUT OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY LAND AND THE CARRYING OUT OF ANY NECESSARY ANCILLARY WORKS. 3) THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE SCHOOL. 4)THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES, AND ASSISTANCE WITH INDUCTION EVENTS FOR NEW PARENTS AND STUDENTS.SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY, FROM TIME TO TIME TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, AND ARE NOT INCONSISTENT THEREWITH.

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

4y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

0
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

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£22k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1172572
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Apr 2017
Contact on the register
01823668806 · j.handley@wellington-school.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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