The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Summer School Foundation

Registered charity 272163 Registered since 1976

Operates: Norfolk

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Sign in, free

Find a path from this charity →

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.

7 trustees on the board

8.1y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 8Arts and leisure 4Finance 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£447k latest income

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.mssf.org.uk
Emailinfo@mssf.org.uk
Phone01647221208
AddressBUTTER MEAD, MANATON, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 9XG

Finances

£411,907 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£63,159£16,469
2022£8,198£54,756
2023£57,588£45,668
2024£446,814£544,392
2025£411,907£529,207

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The objects of the Company are to promote and organise schemes to provide education for the benefit of the public in all aspects of music and related arts including opera, music theatre, electronic media and music and dance and in particular to promote, organise, support and encourage summer schools, festivals and similar events.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 JUN 1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 OCT 1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUL 1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JUN 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JAN 1991AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 MAR 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 MAR 2017 as amended on 24 May 2024 as amended on 24 May 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Summer School Foundation · 01265884 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/06/1976

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.