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Pate's Grammar School Foundation

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £4.0m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Gloucestershire
Website
www.richardpate.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Pate's Grammar School Foundation
Registered
2023

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.0m£4.4m
  • 2024£3.9m£4.0m
  • 2023£0£0

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY:1.1 THE PROVISION OF LAND, BUILDINGS, FURNISHINGS, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT TO THE ACADEMY TRUST KNOWN AS PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR THE OPERATION OF AN ACADEMY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ON THE SITE AT PRINCES ELIZABETH WAY, CHELTENHAM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 578 OF THE EDUCATION ACT 1996 AND INCLUDES ANY REGULATIONS MADE THEREUNDER);1.2 THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED FOR OR NOT NORMALLY MET FROM A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE ACADEMY TRUST KNOWN AS PATES' GRAMMAR SCHOOL OPERATED ON THE SITE AT PRINCESS ELIZABETH WAY, CHELTENHAM;1.3 THE PROVISION OF A JUNIOR SCHOOL (KNOWN AS THE RICHARD PATE SCHOOL) OR SUCH OTHER SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SHALL BE GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS MADE BY THE TRUSTEES;1.4 PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE ATTENDING OR WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME ATTENDED ANY SCHOOL OPERATED BY THE CHARITY OR THE ACADEMY KNOWN AS PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL OPERATED FROM THE SITE AT PRINCESS ELIZABETH WAY, CHELTENHAM AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:(A) AWARDING, SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES; AND(B) PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST SUCH PERSON TO PURSUE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, OR TO PREPARE OR ENTER A PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OF OTHER SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.2 IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IS NOT REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 3.1, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY IT TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY MAKING GRANTS TO PATE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY AT CHELTENHAM, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS PATE HOUSE CHARITY.

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.

8 trustees on the board

2y median 2.5y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
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 8

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 8Arts and leisure 3Health and social care 2

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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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£4.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.5 in 2023

80 from 82 in 2024
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
1202002
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 FEB 2023
Companies House
Company number 14111232 · Active
Contact on the register
01242522052 · bursar@richardpate.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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