Registered charity · Southend-on-Sea
Thorpe Hall School Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £8.4m (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
- Southend-on-sea
- Website
- www.thorpehall.southend.sch.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Thorpe Hall School Trust
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.4m£8.3m
- 2024£7.3m£7.0m
- 2023£6.3m£5.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.5m£5.2m
- 2021£4.8m£4.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ACQUISITION AND TAKING OVER AS A GOING CONCERN AND THE CARRYING ON AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL KNOWN AS THORPE HALL SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS PASSED CARRIED ON IN THORPE BAY IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY THORPE HALL SCHOOL (ESSEX) LTD.
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
- Jonathan Gorridge Chair since 2013
- Dr Jane Alison Ladner since 2019
- IVY Joan Anderson since 2024
- Mathew Robert Hampshire-Waugh since 2024
- Michael Reddan
- Serena Mereu since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Gorridge Chair since 2013
- Dr Jane Alison Ladner since 2019
- Serena Mereu since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jonathan Gorridge Chair since 2013
- Dr Jane Alison Ladner since 2019
- IVY Joan Anderson since 2024
- Mathew Robert Hampshire-Waugh since 2024
- Michael Reddan
- Serena Mereu since 2019
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 298155
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 NOVEMBER 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 MAY 2008
- Companies House
- Company number 02187958 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01702582340 · sec@thorpehall.southend.sch.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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