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The School of ST Helen and ST Katharine Trust

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £16m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Oxfordshire
Website
www.shsk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The School of ST. Helen and ST. Katharine Trust
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16m£16m
  • 2024£16m£16m
  • 2023£15m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2022£14m£14m
  • 2021£13m£12m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

4.1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL OF HELEN AND ST KATHARINE, GIVING A SOUND CHRISTIAN AND MORAL BASIS, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND ACCOMMODATION AT THE SCHOOL.4.2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 19 YEARS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUST TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:4.2.1. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS;4.2.2. PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO PREPARE THEM FOR ENTRY TO ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION.

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.

13 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

12
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 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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 17Professional services 5Dormant 1

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£16.5m 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.

23.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

232 from 212 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
286892
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/03/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/03/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JUL 2017
Companies House
Company number 01710695 · Active
Contact on the register
01235520657 · nmcavoy@shsk.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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