Registered charity · Newton Abbot
The Summer School Foundation
The Summer School Foundation is a registered charity (number 272163) based in Newton Abbot, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Lisa Tregale since 2022. Latest income £412k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
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...
- 6 trustees
- Income £412k (2025)
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.mssf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Summer School Foundation
- Registered
- 1976
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£412k£529k
- 2024£447k£544k
- 2023£58k£46k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£55k
- 2021£63k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Lisa Tregale Chair since 2022
- Gareth John Keene since 2013
- John Leslie Messenger since 2014
- Leigh O'Hara since 2014
- Matthew John Oomen since 2022
- Stephen Dummer since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Gareth John Keene since 2013
- John Leslie Messenger since 2014
- Leigh O'Hara since 2014
- Stephen Dummer since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- John Leslie Messenger since 2014
- Leigh O'Hara since 2014
- Matthew John Oomen since 2022
- Stephen Dummer since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Lisa Tregale Chair since 2022
- Gareth John Keene since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 272163
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 01265884 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01647221208 · info@mssf.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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