The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

ST Bede's School Trust Sussex

Registered charity 278950 Registered since 1980

Operates: East Sussex

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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.

4y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (4)

16
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 16Disability 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 26Professional services 5Tech and media 5

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£36.2m latest income
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.

11.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 14.4 in 2021

638 from 455 in 2021
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.

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.bedes.org
Emailclerk@bedes.org
Phone01323356623
AddressBede's Senior School, Upper Dicker, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3QH

Finances

£36,196,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£23,783,000£22,308,000
2022£30,790,000£26,811,000
2023£35,937,000£32,579,000
2024£37,433,000£36,637,000
2025£36,196,000£36,500,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1ST SEPTEMBER 1978AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 MAR 2017 as amended on 16 Jun 2018 as amended on 15 Jun 2024

Trustees (16)

16trustees
60median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

ST Bede's School Trust Sussex · 01386499 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/09/1978

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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