Registered charity · Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden County High School
- 5 trustees
- Income £69k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Essex
- Website
- www.swchs.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£69k£62k
- 2024£30k£10k
- 2023£19k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£14k
- 2021£22k£27k
Charitable objects
(A) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY). (B) FOSTERING MORE EXTENDED RELATIONSHOPS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL. (C) ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS ATTENDING IT.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Polly Josephine Lankester Chair since 2016
- Adrian John Gerard Hughes Williamson
- Mark Hayes
- Natalie Easthope since 2020
- Sarah Dignasse since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Polly Josephine Lankester Chair since 2016
- Natalie Easthope since 2020
- Sarah Dignasse since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Polly Josephine Lankester Chair since 2016
- Adrian John Gerard Hughes Williamson
- Mark Hayes
- Natalie Easthope since 2020
- Sarah Dignasse since 2020
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.
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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
- 298343
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 10TH DECEMBER 1987
- Contact on the register
- 01799513030 · plankester@swchs.net
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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