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Registered charity · Cambridge

King's College School, Cambridge

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £8.1m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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
Cambridgeshire
Website
www.kcs.cambs.sch.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
King's College School, Cambridge
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.1m£7.5m
  • 2024£8.1m£7.2m
  • 2023£9.2m£6.7m
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY RUNNING A DAY AND/OR BOARDING SCHOOL KNOWN AS KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE ('THE SCHOOL') IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINE OF THE ANGLICAN FAITH BUT WELCOMING TO PUPILS OF ALL FAITHS OR NONE;2. THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHORISTERS OF THE COLLEGE;3. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS SITUATED AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY MAKING THE FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL AND/OR OTHER PREMISES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CHARITY AVAILABLE FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHEN THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE FORMAL EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL; AND4. IN SO FAR AS IT IS INCIDENTAL OR ANCILLARY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

3y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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 16Other services 4Arts and leisure 3

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 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.1m 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.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.9 in 2023

106 from 107 in 2023
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
1200527
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 OCT 2021AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03 DEC 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUN 2022AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 JUL 2022AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 AUG 2022 as amended on 14 Mar 2023
Companies House
Company number 13730915 · Active
Contact on the register
01223365814 · office@kcs.cambs.sch.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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